 A Flynn Martin Thriller: Book 2
Publication Date: April 7, 2026
In a taut, haunting follow-up to No Lie Lasts Forever, reporter Flynn Martin gets ensnared in a copycat killer’s game where winning means solving a crime—and losing could cost her everything.
Lambasted for a tragedy caught live on camera, then lauded for her help capturing the elusive PDQ, a serial killer, Flynn Martin’s career has reached new heights. But now, the TV journalist and mother has much further to fall. And someone wants to push her over the edge.
PDQ is behind bars, for life and then some, but someone on the outside has picked up the killer’s mantle. Flynn is neck-deep in an investigation when the copycat emerges, targeting her sources and delivering cryptic messages. It’s clear that Flynn’s stories are getting deadlier. This one proves no exception.
A family of four has gone missing, leaving behind ties to New Hope Church more tangled than they appear. The dangerous web rivals the threat in Flynn’s personal life. And it’s up to her to unravel each knot.
Scandal. Conspiracy. Murder. Flynn hardly knows where to begin—and if her stalker has their way, she might not live to see the end.
After witnessing the sentencing of a serial killer she helped capture, television reporter Flynn Martin is haunted by his last message.
When she receives a threatening note in her son’s backpack, Flynn even considers the impossible—that the killer has been released.
Two Truths and a Lie delivers the second installment of the series featuring Flynn, following up where No Lie Lasts Forever left off. Author Mark Stevens creates another action-packed adventure that threatens Flynn on a personal level.
With a family of four missing under unusual circumstances, Flynn must find answers while trying to determine who is stalking her.
As a protagonist, Flynn combines investigative skills with the natural protectiveness of a mother. Someone is trying to draw her into a tangled web of deception. The author provides a dual narrative featuring both the reporter and the stalker, along with an open-ended conclusion prepped for a future installment.
Two Truths and a Lie showcases a copycat killer intent on toying with a journalist.
The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and has worked as a reporter, as a national television news producer and in public relations. The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) was named Best Baseball Novel by Twin Bill Literary Magazine and named one of Best Baseball Books of the Year by Spitball Magazine.
His mystery novel Antler Dust was a Denver Post bestseller in 2007 and 2009. Buried by the Roan, Trapline, and Lake of Fire were all finalists for the Colorado Book Award (2012, 2015, and 2016, respectively). Trapline won the Colorado Book Award in 2016 and also received the best genre fiction award from Colorado Authors League.
Stevens has had short stories published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, and in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022). In September 2016, Stevens was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year, and again in 2023. Stevens hosts a regular podcast for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and has served as president of the Rocky Mountain chapter for Mystery Writers of America. Stevens is also an avid reader and regularly shares his reviews.
Today, Stevens lives in Mancos, Colorado.
