The Deadly Lies is the second in the Delingpole Mysteries series, and stars newly-married Dominic and Jonathan.

The plot starts in sunny Sitges, Catalunia where the couple are enjoying their honeymoon. Or at least they are until Dominic receives a strange coded text from his old lover. He discovers that his ex-lover died in a suspicious road accident just after sending the message.

In the search for the meaning of the code, they become friends with a Spanish police officer and his husband, who help them escape danger as they leave Spain for Los Angeles. Here they meet up with Steve, a computer hacker who featured in the previous book. Once again Steve’s unconventional IT knowledge saves them from mortal danger.

Typical of David Dawson’s writing, it is a clever and unusual plot, which addresses the dark side of modern technology, in particular redistribution of world wealth through the manipulation and elimination of personal identity records. We also see Dominic and Jonathan’s relationship develop, as they are both forced to face their conflicting views on monogamy.

The author, David Dawson, is a journalist, and documentary maker who specialises in LGBT novels. His first novel won a President’s Awards for Adult Suspense and Thrillers.

By Dr Kathleen Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows

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