Title: Truth be Told
Author: Patricia Rayborn
Genre: Historical Mystery
Publication Date: June 11, 2024
Publisher: Tyndale House
Rating: 💥💥💥💥
About the Book
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
My thoughts
This was such an enjoyable read. Annalee was determined, and I loved that about her. I also enjoyed that it contained a small romance arc for us romance stans. There were a lot of twists and turns, and I was not able to guess who did it until the end. I read the first book in the series, and havent had the chamce to read book 2 in the series, but was able to follow this story with no issues, so it read as a stand alone. I do plan to go back and read the second book in the series.
About the Author:
Patricia Raybon is a Christy Award-winning Colorado author, essayist, and novelist who writes daring and exciting novels and books at the intersection of faith and race. Her devotional writing appears in Our Daily Bread where she's a regular contributor. She also authors the Annalee Spain Mysteries, an exciting "history mystery" featuring a young Black theologian—a fan of Sherlock Holmes—who solves crime and consequence during Colorado's dangerous 1920s Klan years.
- "Readers will be hooked from the first line." Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of "Perennials" on "All That Is Secret: An Annalee Spain Mystery."
- "Brava, Patricia...It is captivating." Jerry B. Jenkins, New York Times Bestselling Author
- "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, and USA Today Bestselling Author
Patricia's personal essays on faith, family and race have been published in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, the Charles Stanley Ministries In Touch Magazine and featured on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition.
For a deep dive into Patricia's compelling world of faith and fiction, connect with her daring and insightful books—and receive a free download of her "Busy Person's Guide to Hearing God"—at patriciaraybon.com
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