Murder, Danger, Romance!
TRUTH BE TOLD
Amateur Detective
Annalee Spain Mystery #3!
"Heart-gripping perfection." — Michelle Shocklee
When a pretty stranger is found murdered in a rich man's Denver garden, will amateur detective Annalee Spain unearth the truth of her own deepest secrets, longings, and lies?
COMING JUNE 2024
It's a lovely June night in 1924. Amateur detective Annalee Spain is mingling bravely at a high-class political fundraiser. But in the lush backyard garden of famed political fixer Cooper Coates, she's drawn into the elite circle of one of the wealthiest men in Denver's Black neighborhood of Five Points. Then, when Coates’s young daughter discovers a pretty stranger dead in her father’s garden shed, Annalee is thrust onto the baffling new case while already reeling from another recent discovery—a handwritten letter, found buried in her own garden, that reveals the identity of her mother. Not ready to face the truth about her hidden past, Annalee throws herself into solving the mystery of the young woman’s demise. With the help of her pastor boyfriend Jack Blake, the orphaned boy Eddie, and her trustworthy church friends, Annalee follows the clues to three seemingly disconnected settings. A rundown traveling carnival. An upscale Black women's civic club. A prestigious white seminary on the outskirts of Denver. Intriguing advice also comes from a famous, real-life Denver visitor. But is Annalee on the right track? Or just running in circles, fleeing from conflicts racing in her heart? In a taut, heart-gripping narrative driven by secrets, romance, and lies, Annalee must unravel a case with higher stakes than she imagined. It's one where answers about a lovely woman's death point to truths and tensions still throbbing today.- A clean historical mystery featuring an amateur female detective. From the Christy Award–winning author of All That Is Secret
- Third installment in the Annalee Spain series
- Includes probing discussion questions for book groups.