Review: The Lies We Tell by Debra Webb

Author: Debra Webb
Publisher; MIRA
Publication Date: September 2019

Nothing hurts like the truth.

Doctor Rowan Dupont knows a serial killer is coming for her. Julian Addington has been waiting. Watching. And it’s only a matter of time before he strikes. But what Julian doesn’t know is that Rowan is ready for him. And more than anything she wants answers. How well did the depraved killer actually know her mother? And how many lies have been spun in the years since she took her own life?

Working alongside her childhood friend Police Chief Billy Brannigan, Rowan is determined to get to the bottom of her mother’s puzzling suicide once and for all—even if it means exposing an unsettling past. It certainly seems like her family’s Victorian funeral home has borne witness to more than one dark secret, but when a recent double homicide leads to an even grislier discovery, separating the truth from the lies might be the last thing Rowan does. 

The Lies We Tell is the second book in the Undertaker's Daughter series.  This one takes up fairly soon after the events of the first book.  Reeling from the aftermath of those events, Rowan is carrying on with her business with a steady flow of funerals.  A new body brings questions about her mother and her relationship with serial killer Julian Addington.  On top of that it looks like there might be another serial killer on the loose.

I enjoyed this one about as equally as the first one.  I felt like Rowan was a lot smarter in her actions throughout the book and took less risks.  The mystery was solid and engaging. The solution in the end was surprise.  There is also a continuing arc that deals with Rowan's mother and father.  We get a bit more answers, but also a lot more questions.   I hope the next book will answers those questions.  The best part of the book was the turn the relationship between Rowan and Billy took.  I won't spoil it, but it was great. This is a great series and I highly recommend it.  I look forward to the next one The Darkness We Hide which comes out in March 2020.