School is in.
So is danger.
Can she stop it?
COMING OCT. 13, 2026
"Smart and gripping." Vanessa Miller
SOUTHERN FICTION MEETS WORLD WAR II SUSPENSE!
Sedalia, North Carolina, 1943 ― As a determined young math teacher at a fancy Black prep school struggles to rise above her dirt-poor beginnings, she deciphers a coded message revealing a Nazi threat to kill the U.S. President.
In a setting inspired by the real Palmer Memorial Institute in Guilford County, North Carolina, feisty Laurette Lowe plots with handsome young lieutenant Nev Pierce and a group of teacher friends to outmatch a dangerous wartime peril that could change her life but also the whole world.
"A thrilling tale...Raybon has created a character worthy of the title heroine." ― Michelle Shocklee, Christy Award-winning author of All We Thought We Knew and The Women of Oak Ridge
"A smart and gripping mystery with twists that keep you turning pages late into the night." ― Vanessa Miller, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Filling Station.
COMING OCT. 13, 2026
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ALL THAT IS SECRET
“I’ve chosen to share this book with y'all for many reasons. Mysteries featuring and written by strong, Black women are uncommon. This changes the game for good. As theology professor Annalee Spain tries to figure out who murdered her father, she’s honest about questioning her connection with God, but Annalee’s faith shines through, and we get to share not only an exciting mystery, but a vulnerable spiritual journey as well. It’s something special.”
HERE'S ALL THE SKINNY ON
ALL THAT IS SECRET
Annalee Spain Mystery # 1
Winner of the Christy Award for First Novel
A riveting puzzle about young Annalee Spain, a poor, prim Black theologian―and Sherlock fan―seeking to solve her estranged father's cold-case murder in a city ruled by the KKK. This exciting story is Patricia Raybon's debut fiction.
"Raybon's lively style keeps the novel moving―I'll look forward to Annalee's next case." ― Historical Novel Society
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Annalee Spain Mystery #2
Winner of the 2024 Christianity Today Book Award for Fiction
In the dangerous spring of 1924, amateur detective Annalee Spain races the clock to solve the murder of a barnstorming trick pilot. But will she discover the elusive villain before getting framed by the Colorado Klan?
"A fast-moving mystery. This mix of history and intrigue will captivate readers." ― Publishers Weekly
FOR FANS OF CLEVER LADY SLEUTHS!
TRUTH BE TOLD
Annalee Spain Mystery #3
New York Times Book Review Pick
Denver, 1924 ― When a pretty stranger is found dead at a political fixer's garden party, and amateur detective Annalee Spain prays to unravel the crime, can she also unearth the truth of her own deepest secrets, longings, and lies?
"Threading the needle [of mystery and religion] in just the right way." Sarah Weinman, New York Times
Most Anticipated Christian Fiction, 2024 ― Goodreads
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A writer of faith by day and mystery by night, Patricia Raybon is a Christy Award-winning Colorado author, essayist, and novelist who writes daring and exciting historical mysteries, and also authors devotionals and inspiring books for Our Daily Bread Ministries.
What People Are Saying
“Engaging, evocative...Brava, Patricia, for weaving a tale as instructive as it is captivating.”
Jerry B. Jenkins, New York Times Bestselling Author
“Patricia Raybon is a masterful storyteller! This story of an amateur sleuth has the potential to change our perspectives.”
Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, Author of Becoming Brave
“A fast-paced, intriguing mystery that grabs and holds the reader from the opening.”
Manual Ramos,
Award-winning author of Angels in the Wind
“Not only a good mystery, but a realistic insight into the African American experience in the 1920s in the West.”
Rhys Bowen,
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today Bestselling Author
Readers will be hooked from the first line of . . . [this] page-turning mystery...Captivating.”
Julie Cantrell,
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Perennials
“An engrossing, thrilling, 1920s murder mystery....This intrepid sleuth would give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.”
Sophfronia Scott,
Award-winning author of Wild, Beautiful and Free
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