Coming June 1, 2025 (from Thomas & Mercer)
Preorder with this link.
Preorder with this link.
“I never thought I'd be so invested in a serial killer. The PDQ murderer is a character for the ages—complex, calculating, at times sympathetic—and he makes the pages shudder and howl. His relationship with a disgraced reporter is the stuff of classic crime fiction. In No Lie Lasts Forever, Stevens breaks free of all the old tropes, crafting a tense, surprising, and gritty tale about our darkest impulses, our quest for truth and redemption, and the lengths we go for the people we love. I adored this book.”
– I.S. Berry, author of The Peacock and the Sparrow
"Can a serial killer just . . . stop? That’s no idle question for TV journo Flynn Martin as she tries to help the PDQ Killer prove his latest “victim” was the work of a copycat. And here’s the headline: Mark Stevens is at the absolute top of his game in this deadly duet between good and evil. Read it in bed and you’ll sleep with one eye open."
—Linda Keir, author of The Three Mrs. Wrights and The Royal Game
“A compelling chase by one monster for another. Provocative, surprising, and rapid-paced.”
- Reed Farrel Coleman, NY Times bestselling author of Blind To Midnight
"Author Mark Stevens has a gift for combining intriguing characters with propulsive plots. In No Lie Lasts Forever, Stevens brings us an irresistible premise—a serial killer sets out to prove he didn’t commit a murder—and rounded, complex characters: the killer, the disgraced journalist he teams up with, and a cast of police, politicians, and journalists with their own agendas. I turned pages late into the night, jumping at every squeak and bump along with reporter Flynn Martin, who knows that being in cahoots with a killer could be the best story of her career. If it doesn’t get her killed."
--Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Drowning Game Barbara Nickless
“An ingenious and masterfully written thriller, No Lie Lasts Forever is filled with a killer’s interesting and twisted insights and a fully realized main character’s authentic struggles in TV journalism. The killer’s chilling correspondences to the journalist, Flynn Martin, launch her on a journey every reader will find harrowing and wholly intriguing. Rarely in a thriller am I compelled to reread passages, but Mark Stevens’ sharp writing had me doing just that. Visceral, cerebral, and spell-binding, No Lie Lasts Forever will grab you and force you to hold on tight until the last page.”
– Christine Carbo, best-selling author of the Glacier Mystery Series
“A cat-and-mouse clash between an intrepid reporter and an obsessive serial killer serves as the springboard for a genuine rarity in contemporary fiction: an honest-to-goodness page turner that will leave readers breathless, sleepless, and praying for a sequel.”
– Chuck Greaves, author of The Chimera Club.
“An appetizing blend of a terrifying glimpse into the mind of a serial killer, tragic secrets, and surprising twists in Stevens' latest nail-biter.”
– Sandra Brannan, author of the Liv Bergen series
“Mark Stevens is a master storyteller. No Lie Lasts Forever brims with unforgettable characters who move like quicksilver through the light and shadows of human transgression and deadly obsession. In prose that is at once fluid and gripping, Stevens summons the haunted voices that whisper inside all of us. A stunning book.”
– Jeffrey Fleishman, author of Good Night Forever
“Mark Stevens’s powerful thriller No Lie Lasts Forever has all the right ingredients for an emotional, suspenseful read. It has a beautifully fleshed-out and flawed protagonist in Flynn Martin, whose professional curiosity and personal need-to-help often lead to her dark and dangerous places. It has bodies—both old and fresh—with questions around the connections between them. It has lots of cops, and Stevens is very careful in making the reader uncertain which ones to trust. And, to the reader’s delight, it has Harry Kugel, a serial killer who prides himself on having “gotten better” without help, this declaration one of many wonderful examples of Kugel’s sociopathic narcissism. In Harry, Stevens has crafted a bad guy for the ages, and the chapters from the killer’s viewpoint will have you checking the locks on your door. No Lie Lasts Forever is a brilliant, compelling read, which is exactly what we’ve come to expect from Mark Stevens.”
– Carter Wilson, USA Today bestselling author of Tell Me What You Did
– I.S. Berry, author of The Peacock and the Sparrow
"Can a serial killer just . . . stop? That’s no idle question for TV journo Flynn Martin as she tries to help the PDQ Killer prove his latest “victim” was the work of a copycat. And here’s the headline: Mark Stevens is at the absolute top of his game in this deadly duet between good and evil. Read it in bed and you’ll sleep with one eye open."
—Linda Keir, author of The Three Mrs. Wrights and The Royal Game
“A compelling chase by one monster for another. Provocative, surprising, and rapid-paced.”
- Reed Farrel Coleman, NY Times bestselling author of Blind To Midnight
"Author Mark Stevens has a gift for combining intriguing characters with propulsive plots. In No Lie Lasts Forever, Stevens brings us an irresistible premise—a serial killer sets out to prove he didn’t commit a murder—and rounded, complex characters: the killer, the disgraced journalist he teams up with, and a cast of police, politicians, and journalists with their own agendas. I turned pages late into the night, jumping at every squeak and bump along with reporter Flynn Martin, who knows that being in cahoots with a killer could be the best story of her career. If it doesn’t get her killed."
--Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Drowning Game Barbara Nickless
“An ingenious and masterfully written thriller, No Lie Lasts Forever is filled with a killer’s interesting and twisted insights and a fully realized main character’s authentic struggles in TV journalism. The killer’s chilling correspondences to the journalist, Flynn Martin, launch her on a journey every reader will find harrowing and wholly intriguing. Rarely in a thriller am I compelled to reread passages, but Mark Stevens’ sharp writing had me doing just that. Visceral, cerebral, and spell-binding, No Lie Lasts Forever will grab you and force you to hold on tight until the last page.”
– Christine Carbo, best-selling author of the Glacier Mystery Series
“A cat-and-mouse clash between an intrepid reporter and an obsessive serial killer serves as the springboard for a genuine rarity in contemporary fiction: an honest-to-goodness page turner that will leave readers breathless, sleepless, and praying for a sequel.”
– Chuck Greaves, author of The Chimera Club.
“An appetizing blend of a terrifying glimpse into the mind of a serial killer, tragic secrets, and surprising twists in Stevens' latest nail-biter.”
– Sandra Brannan, author of the Liv Bergen series
“Mark Stevens is a master storyteller. No Lie Lasts Forever brims with unforgettable characters who move like quicksilver through the light and shadows of human transgression and deadly obsession. In prose that is at once fluid and gripping, Stevens summons the haunted voices that whisper inside all of us. A stunning book.”
– Jeffrey Fleishman, author of Good Night Forever
“Mark Stevens’s powerful thriller No Lie Lasts Forever has all the right ingredients for an emotional, suspenseful read. It has a beautifully fleshed-out and flawed protagonist in Flynn Martin, whose professional curiosity and personal need-to-help often lead to her dark and dangerous places. It has bodies—both old and fresh—with questions around the connections between them. It has lots of cops, and Stevens is very careful in making the reader uncertain which ones to trust. And, to the reader’s delight, it has Harry Kugel, a serial killer who prides himself on having “gotten better” without help, this declaration one of many wonderful examples of Kugel’s sociopathic narcissism. In Harry, Stevens has crafted a bad guy for the ages, and the chapters from the killer’s viewpoint will have you checking the locks on your door. No Lie Lasts Forever is a brilliant, compelling read, which is exactly what we’ve come to expect from Mark Stevens.”
– Carter Wilson, USA Today bestselling author of Tell Me What You Did