Good Girl Bad Girl

From the bestselling author of The Secrets She Keeps the writer Stephen King calls 'an absolute master...with heart and soul' a fiendishly clever suspense novel about a dangerous young woman with a special ability to know when someone is lying--and the criminal psychologist who must outwit her to survive. A girl is found hiding in a secret room in a house being renovated after a terrible crime. For weeks she has survived by sneaking out at night stealing food for herself and two dogs that are kept in the garden. The nurses at the hospital where she is taken call her 'Angel Face' because she won't tell anyone her name or her age or where she came from. Maybe she is twelve maybe fifteen or somewhere in between. She doesn't appear on any missing person's file or match the DNA of any murder victim. Six years later still unidentified the same girl is living in a secure children's home with a new name Evie Cormac when she initiates a court case demanding the right to be released as an adult. Psychologist Cyrus Haven is sent to interview Evie and decide if she's ready to go free but Evie Cormac is unlike he's anyone he's ever met. She's damaged destructive and self-hating yet possessed of a gift or a curse that makes her both fascinating and dangerous to be with - the ability to tell when someone is lying. Soon he is embroiled in her unique and dangerous world his life in utmost peril. Cleverly constructed swiftly paced and emotionally explosive Good Girl Bad Girl is the perfect thrilling summer read from the internationally bestselling author David Baldacci called 'the real deal.'