Book Review: Secrets Never Die

Laurie Lewis is known for her heart-wrenching women's fiction romances, but her new book, Secrets Never Die, is a suspense that is riveting.

We are introduced to Tallie whose mother Julia dies under very mysterious circumstances. After the memorial Tallie starts to uncover deadly secrets with answers that her mother carried to her death. Tallie makes the choice to find the answers herself, and that leads her to Cutler's Ridge and into the path of Jackson James, an investigative reporter who also has some pretty mysterious reasons for going after this story. Can they both find the answers they're seeking before either of them has to pay with their life?

I loved how the author pulls you in from the beginning with the tension of wondering what is really going on in Tallie's life, then slowly, slowly, the reader is lured into this tangle of a mystery until you are caught and HAVE to keep reading. There are several story threads to keep track of, but seeing them come together is one of the payoffs of the novel and the author handles that very well. The tension ratchets up to a nail-biting level until you're turning pages as fast as possible to see what happens! A very enjoyable mystery that will keep you guessing with several unexpected twists and turns. 

Here's the back copy:

Tallie Brown’s life has never made sense. Raised in isolation by her mother, Julia, Tallie was dragged suddenly and without explanation from one third-world outpost to another until life normalized seven years ago when Julia took a position on a mountaintop in the Pacific northwest. But when Julia unexpectedly dies, Tallie uncovers clues suggesting that Julia had a secret life. Journalistic phenom Jackson James is still recovering from the devastating mistake that flatlined his promising career. Now he’s paying the price, working as the editor of a syrupy community rag in a posh D.C. suburb. But when the very man who destroyed him drops a tantalizing lead about a potential D.C. scandal, the reporter sees his chance for redemption and sets off to chase the story. Jackson’s investigation leads him to Cutler’s Ridge, a dying Virginia coal town, and directly into the path of the mysterious and beautiful Tallie. As these two mistrustful loners follow their leads, their stories begin to intertwine until they reach an alarming conclusion – something terrible happened in Cutler’s Ridge. As they doggedly pursue the story, the town’s cold reception spirals into threats and danger, proving that there are those who will stop at nothing to keep the past hidden forever –because secrets never die.

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