Jul 9, 2024
Patricia Raybon has such a compelling author voice, and combined with rich characters and historically riveting settings, her Annalee Spain mystery series keeps readers on their toes. Listen in to learn what inspires Patricia's writing and what you may learn from it.
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One of the coolest things about Patricia Raybon's writing is that it shows part of American history that we don't often see. We're familiar with KKK activity in the South, but Denver?
Add to that a character who is a theologian with her own family secrets to uncover even as she works to find out who killed someone and why, and the story grips you from page one and won't let you go.
Additionally, Patricia's handling of racial tensions and atrocities serve to educate without being preachy. She handles these situations in a compassionate and intelligent way, offering readers a look into history that can be tough to encounter.
I for one, can't wait for the next... and the next... and...
Truth Be Told by Patricia Raybon
Denver's newest detective. A garden's
deadly secrets.
On a lovely June night in 1924, amateur detective Annalee Spain is
mingling bravely at a high-class political fundraiser in the lush
backyard garden of famed political fixer Cooper Coates, one of the
wealthiest men in Denver's Black neighborhood of Five Points. When
Coates’s young daughter discovers a pretty stranger dead in her
father’s garden shed, Annalee is thrust onto the baffling new case
just as she’s 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, her orphaned buddy
Eddie, and her trustworthy church friends, Annalee follows the
clues to three seemingly disconnected settings—a traveling carnival
set up downtown, a Black civic club, and 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—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 discussion questions for book groups
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