DOUBLE THE LIES by PATRICIA RAYBON

DOUBLE THE LIES,  the sequel to All That is Secret by PATRICIA RAYBON, is an enjoyable and exciting suspense novel in which self appointed detective Annalee Spain, a young coloured professor of theology, is thrust into another dangerous and nail biting case when she walks home from the library with the distraught Rebecca Mann, to find Jeffrey Mann lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor.

The story is full of Christian truth and is based on God’s exhortation in Exodus chapter twenty verses thirteen to sixteen: “Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal.Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”

There are many of the above “shalt nots” occurring in the various characters’ lives, with both Annalee and her “nice young man” Paster Jack Blake being tempted to stray…..

I partiularly like the way this author writes, her wealth of characters with their various choices and emotions, and the clever plot that keeps us guessing until the end. The story takes place in Denver in 1924 with the KKK and their hatred of coloureds, Jews and Catholics causing huge racial tension, and the laws forbidding mixed marriages in operation.

I highly recommend Double The Lies as a great read.

I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Tyndale House Publishers. The opinions in this review are completely my own.