Symphony of Lies

IMPORTANT NOTE TO REVIEWER: Symphony of Lies is a clean, 0-mature content European Noir (no graphic violence, no profanity). It is a "slow-burn" psychological mystery focused on atmosphere, moral ambiguity, and cerebral suspense. Please only select this book if you enjoy the deliberate, immersive pacing of "Scandi-Noir" or authors like Tana French and Patricia Highsmith. It is a character-driven unraveling, not a high-action thriller.
 

SOME INHERIT WEALTH. OTHERS INHERIT SECRETS WORTH KILLING FOR.

When Swiss investigative journalist Emma Bally is named in the will of a Monaco acquaintance, what begins as a baffling legacy soon pulls her into a web of power, deception, and carefully constructed lies.

Worn down by years of unmasking elite corruption—and carrying the guilt of her own ethical compromises—Emma has retreated to the quiet heights of the Swiss Alps to renovate a centuries-old chalet. But the inheritance is a lure that she cannot ignore. As a pattern of suspicious deaths forces her to question her benefactor, Emma must finally face the truth behind her own mother's alleged suicide.

From the freezing Alpine peaks to the sun-drenched hostility of the French Riviera, Emma realizes too late that the architects of this conspiracy believe they have trapped a broken loner. They are wrong. A woman with nothing to lose is merely dangerous; a woman with everything to protect is a reckoning.

Symphony of Lies is the first book in the high-stakes Emma Bally series—a cerebral, atmospheric mystery exploring the lethal price of truth among the global elite.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Maria Monday is a Swiss author and interior decorator who divides her time between the Swiss Alps and Latin America. Fluent in eight languages and a veteran of the international business world, she brings a sophisticated, multilingual perspective to her "Cerebral Noir" mysteries. She lives and writes with her only partner in crime, her Jack Russell Terrier, Max.