Laurie Breton, Lethal Lies

Lethal Lies

Laurie Breton

Mira, Mar 2005, $6.99, 384 pp.

ISBN: 0778321517

Popular author Faith Pelletier has not been able to write since her spouse died eighteen months ago. Though pressured to produce her next novel and having spent the advance on her husband's medical bills, Faith drops everything when she learns Chelsea, her best friend since childhood, died in what appears to have been a suicidal drive into the Androscoggin River. Worried about Chelsea's daughter, fifteen-year-old Jessie, Faith heads to River City, Maine, to attend the funeral and bring the teen back with her to New York.

Though ruled a suicide, Faith believes otherwise because she knows how much Chelsea loved Jessie. Police Chief Ty Savage also has doubts, but has not found one iota of evidence to prove murder occurred. Urged on by the River City Gazette where Chelsea worked as a reporter, Faith tries to track her friend's last unfinished story, but soon finds herself in deep trouble from a killer who wants his actions and her buried along side of Chelsea.

LETHAL LIES is an exhilarating, romantic suspense that grips the audience as they go on the road with Faith who believes Chelsea's former husband drugged and killed her. The storyline never slows down from that stunning start as Faith picks up the gauntlet and continues the inquiries over the fears of Ty, who loves her. Fans will appreciate this strong Maine thriller filled with fantastic misdirection and clever red herrings.

Harriet Klausner