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  Finally, thank you to my amazing daughter (and even coauthor), Francesca, for all of her support, laughter, and love.

  Also by Lisa Scottoline

  Fiction

  Most Wanted

  Every Fifteen Minutes

  Keep Quiet

  Don’t Go

  Come Home

  Save Me

  Look Again

  Daddy’s Girl

  Dirty Blonde

  Devil’s Corner

  Running from the Law

  Final Appeal

  Rosato & DiNunzio Series

  Damaged

  Corrupted

  Betrayed

  Accused

  Rosato & Associates Series

  Think Twice

  Lady Killer

  Killer Smile

  Dead Ringer

  Courting Trouble

  The Vendetta Defense

  Moment of Truth

  Mistaken Identity

  Rough Justice

  Legal Tender

  Everywhere That Mary Went

  Nonfiction (with Francesca Serritella)

  I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places

  Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?

  Have a Nice Guilt Trip

  Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim

  Best Friends, Occasional Enemies

  My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space

  Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog

  About the Author

  LISA SCOTTOLINE is a New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of twenty-eight novels. She has 30 million copies of her books in print in the United States, she has been published in thirty-five countries, and her thrillers have been optioned for television and film. Lisa also writes a weekly column with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and those stories have been adapted into a series of bestselling memoirs, the first of which is entitled Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog. Lisa lives on a Pennsylvania farm with an array of disobedient pets. Visit www.scottoline.com or follow Lisa on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram at @LisaScottoline. Or sign up for email updates here.

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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  Chapter One

  Step One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-one

  Chapter Twenty-two

  Chapter Twenty-three

  Step Two

  Chapter Twenty-four

  Chapter Twenty-five

  Chapter Twenty-six

  Chapter Twenty-seven

  Chapter Twenty-eight

  Chapter Twenty-nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-one

  Chapter Thirty-two

  Chapter Thirty-three

  Chapter Thirty-four

  Chapter Thirty-five

  Chapter Thirty-six

  Chapter Thirty-seven

  Chapter Thirty-eight

  Chapter Thirty-nine

  Chapter Forty

  Step Three

  Chapter Forty-one

  Chapter Forty-two

  Chapter Forty-three

  Chapter Forty-four

  Chapter Forty-five

  Chapter Forty-six

  Chapter Forty-seven

  Chapter Forty-eight

  Chapter Forty-nine

  Chapter Fifty

  Chapter Fifty-one

  Chapter Fifty-two

  Chapter Fifty-three

  Chapter Fifty-four

  Chapter Fifty-five

  Chapter Fifty-six

  Chapter Fifty-seven

  Chapter Fifty-eight

  Chapter Fifty-nine

  Chapter Sixty

  Chapter Sixty-one

  Chapter Sixty-two

  Chapter Sixty-three

  Acknowledgments

  Also by Lisa Scottoline

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  ONE PERFECT LIE. Copyright © 2017 by Smart Blonde, LLC. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  Cover design by Michael Storrings

  Cover photographs: man © Paolo Martinez/Arcangel; woman © Elisabeth Ansley/Arcangel; backpack © Papa1266/Shutterstock.com; houses © Dan Thornberg/Shutterstock.com; broken glass © SpxChrome/Getty Images; sky © Stephen Simpson/Getty Images

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Scottoline, Lisa, author.

  Title: One perfect lie / Lisa Scottoline.

  Description: First edition.|New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2016053892|ISBN 9781250099563 (hardcover)|ISBN 9781250131553 (signed edition)|ISBN 9781250099587 (e-book)

  Subjects:|BISAC: FICTION / Suspense.|FICTION / Thrillers.|GSAFD: Suspense fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3569.C725 O54 2017|DDC 813/.54—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053892

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