Pre-order <\/b>BODY OF LIES<\/b><\/i>, the brand-new thriller featuring DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author Jo Callaghan, coming Spring 2026.<\/b><\/p>\n
From the author of<\/b> In the Blink of an Eye<\/b><\/i>, the <\/b>Sunday Times <\/b><\/i>bestseller,\u00c2\u00a0winner of the CWA ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Theakston\u00c2\u00a0Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock are back in a\u00c2\u00a0cutting-edge new thriller.<\/b><\/p>\n
The truth will always come out, but at what cost?\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
Fresh from successfully closing their first live case, the Future Policing Unit are called in to investigate when a headless, handless body is found on a Warwickshire farm. But as they work\u00c2\u00a0to identify the victim and their killer, the discovery of a second body begins to spark fears that The Aston Strangler is back. And as the stakes rise\u00c2\u00a0for the team, so do\u00c2\u00a0the tensions brewing within it.<\/p>\n
When DCS Kat Frank is accused of putting the wrong man behind bars all those years ago, AIDE\u00c2\u00a0Lock – the world’s first AI detective – pursues the truth about what happened with relentless logic. But Kat is determined to keep the past buried, and when she becomes the target of a shadowy figure looking for revenge, Lock is torn between his evidence-based algorithms and the judgement of his partner, with explosive results.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
When everything hangs in the balance, it will all come down to just how much an AI\u00c2\u00a0can learn, and what happens when they do . . .<\/b><\/p>\n
PRAISE FOR JO CALLAGHAN:\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A\u00c2\u00a0new force to be reckoned with in crime’\u00c2\u00a0Daily Mail<\/b><\/i>
‘An outstanding talent’\u00c2\u00a0Jane Casey<\/b>
‘Callaghan writes with such intelligence; interspersing humour with moments of utter heartbreak’\u00c2\u00a0Nikki Smith<\/b>
‘An amazing writer’\u00c2\u00a0Frances Quinn<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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