DOUBLE THE LIES

DOUBLE THE LIES by Patricia Raybon

If you guys know me, you know I am always on the lookout for a mystery! Double the Lies is a part of the Annalee Spain Mystery series, and even though this is Book 2, I didn't find myself lost at all without having read Book 1.

RIght out of the gate, we have a serious win (in my opinion) without even starting the story. Every chapter begins with a Sherlock Holme's quote. When I opened the cover and saw that, I kept on reading. A second major win for this book is that it is squeaky clean. It is a Christian mystery, and one with a good plot line!

Annalee Spain is an amateur detective. Who cares, right? Well, the year is 1924, and she's a woman. Oh, and she's African American. Wait, that's not enough. We've got to add one more layer. There's an active group of the KKK in her city.

When Annalee overhears a woman crying in the library, she can't turn away even though the woman is white. Offering her handkerchief and a listening ear, she follows the young woman home to continue the conversation over a cup of tea. Opening the front door, it's clear that a break-in has occurred. Smashed furniture and belongings greet the pair, but it's the discovery of the woman's husband dead on the floor that is the real shocker. Annalee knows she has to get out of there now. She makes it out, but her precious handkerchief is found at the scene alongside the dead body and with the local police chief being a card-carrying member of the KKK, it will be easy to pin this all on Annalee. With no one else to help her, it's up to Annalee to clear her name, but the clock is ticking. not only for herself, but for her boyfriend, Jack, a local pastor that has gone missing,. With the players involved in this mystery, there's no doubt that his life is on the line. The question is can she unravel the mystery quick enough before someone else dies?