Lie Kill Walk Away by Matt Dickinson
Book of the Week: 26 February 2017
Matt Dickinson is the master of the short, sharp chapter that leaves the reader in suspense. Lie Kill Walk Away is told by alternating narrators, Becca and Joe, interspersed with audio transcript by a government bioweapons inspector.
Becca’s father is the bioweapons inspector and her mother is a virologist whose mental instability has resulted in her deserting her home and family. Joe is also motherless. His mother died of cancer, leaving him with just his dad and his beloved dog Shammy. Joe, unlike the high-achieving Becca, is in trouble with the law for his habit of creating illicit graffiti. When he is made to scrub his tag from a wall near a military hospital, and Becca is visiting her father, who is being treated there after an alleged suicide attempt, the two come in to contact and quickly get caught up in a frightening plot involving bioweapons, cults, terrorists and the government.
There is lots of fast-paced action, including some hair-raising chase sequences involving cars and motorbikes.
There is even an alternative ending to the book here. Just don’t be tempted to peep until you’ve read the whole book!