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The Lie Destroyer

John Russell Fearn (1953)

SubgenreHeroic Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads2.0

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

ManipulationBlackmail

Hero archetypes

Scientist

Synopsis

Bobby Carson is proud of his lying expertise. His scientist father uses him as a guinea pig for a machine which destroys his ability to be dishonest, but has unhappy social consequences. Soon criminals begin exploiting the possibilities of a world without lies in a society built upon sham and pretence. And Scotland Yard, hampered by its own guilty secrets, cannot stem the tide of blackmail ... until Dr. Carson, the creator of the Lie Destroyer, again steps into the scene ...

Tags

Science Fiction ElementsCrime FictionSocial CommentaryMystery