Luca Veste's 'Liar Liar' Launches New Liverpool-Set Police Procedural Series
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Tina Hartas
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Summary
Luca Veste's "Liar Liar" is the first book in a new police procedural series set in Liverpool. The novel follows Detective Sergeant Mark Fletcher and aims to showcase the city's grittier, noir-inspired side while also mentioning its main tourist attractions. The author intends to highlight Liverpool through the narrative, with locations detailed enough to be traceable on a map.
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As is typical of the 'noir' genre, this book describes the grittier side of the city, though the main tourist attractions also rate a mention.
In fact you could almost track the route that the main characters take through the city on a map, if you were so inclined!
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