Deception Under Maltese Skies

<p><strong>Beneath Malta's postcard-perfect blue skies and sunlit harbours deceit casts long shadows.</strong></p><p></p><p>Marica Debono knows the cost of ambition. Once a rising star among Malta's financial investigators her relentless pursuit of justice has brought her career - and her personal life - to the brink of collapse. Questionable tactics in her latest case leads to the hunter becoming the hunted and someone wants her to pay.</p><p></p><p>As her own methods come under scrutiny Marica is caught in a storm of personal and professional turmoil. Marica's world is unravelling. Her marriage is collapsing the bond with her beloved sister Ilaria threatens to break and a friend from her past resurfaces with a desperate plea tied to a long-buried guilt.</p><p></p><p>As the fallout threatens everything she holds dear Marica wonders - was it justice she was serving or herself? When the past resurfaces and danger lurks in the shadows Marica must confront the chilling reality: in a world built on deception even those she pursues may not be what they seem.</p><p></p><p><strong>Some lies are carefully constructed. Others are the ones we tell ourselves. And some come from the truths we choose to leave unsaid.</strong></p><p></p><p>Book 1 in The Malta Series</p><p>Other books in the series: The Maltese Web.</p>