
Double the Lies
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Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award for Fiction
In the spring of 1924, amateur detective Annalee Spain races the clock to solve the murder of a young trick pilot before she's framed for the crime by the ruthless Colorado Klan.
As this second installment of Patricia Raybon's award-winning historical mystery series opens, Annalee Spain offers her fancy lace handkerchief―a gift from her complicated pastor boyfriend, Jack Blake―to a young woman crying in a Denver public library. But later that night, when police find the handkerchief next to the body of the young woman's murdered husband, Annalee becomes the number one suspect, and her panic doubles when she learns that Jack has gone missing.
With just days to solve the murder before the city's Klan-run police frame her for the crime, Annalee finds herself hunting for clues in the Colorado mountain town of Estes Park. She questions the victim's wife and her uncle, a wealthy Denver banker, at their mountain lodge, desperate for leads. Instead, she finds a household full of suspects and even more burning questions. Who keeps threatening her, why can't she find Jack, and will a dangerous flirtation be her undoing? Her answers plumb the depths of the human heart, including her own, exploring long-buried secrets, family lies, even city politics―all of which could cost the young detective her fledgling love . . . and perhaps even her life.
- A suspenseful historical fiction novel with a resourceful heroine
- The sequel to All That is Secret
- Features a glamorous 1920s setting
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
"A fast-moving mystery....This mix of history and intrigue will captivate readers." ― Publishers Weekly
"A well-paced gripping story tailor-made for mystery lovers." ― Christianity Today
"[An] engrossing plot...is driven by its first-rate heroine....She's surrounded by a diverse and surprising team of helpers and an array of suspects who ensure that the killer's identity stays secret until the end." ― Foreword Reviews
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Patricia Raybon is a Colorado author and essayist who writes daring and exciting novels at the intersection of faith and race. Her devotional writing appears in Our Daily Bread, where she's a regular contributor. She has won both the Christy Award and the Christianity Today Book of the Year award for her fiction. Her new novel, The Sedalia Code, was inspired by her parents' wartime romance and the plot of a Nazi attack on US soil. Patricia's father was a young lieutenant stationed at Camp Butner in North Carolina when he met Patricia's mother, who was born and raised near the renowned Palmer Memorial Institute, a prep school for daughters of wealthy Black Durham residents.