Wednesday, January 29, 2020

FATAL LIES by Andrew Cunningham


Title:  FATAL LIES
Series:  Lies #2
Author:  Andrew Cunningham
Narrator:  Greg Hernandez
Length:  5 hours 57 minutes
Audible Release Date:  11.05.2018
Publisher:  Andrew Cunningham
Publish Date:   10.28.2016
Category /Genre:  Mystery, Thriller
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Listenability:  OK  or  NSFW
Received from:  Andrew Cunningham (as an Audible gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Fatal Lies
Date completed: 01.27.2020

Description from the publisher:

Daisy Leduc was forgotten and alone. That was just how she wanted it. But when she is discovered stabbed to death in a dusty little Texas town, it plunges Del Honeycutt and best-selling mystery author Sabrina Spencer into a 30-year-old mystery involving murder, hidden identities, dangerous family secrets, political intrigue, and a long-forgotten serial killer.

Daisy’s estranged daughter, who hasn't seen her mother in years, receives a package sent shortly before her mother's death. A note instructs her to immediately contact Sabrina and give her the package if Daisy is killed. But why Sabrina? The temptation to uncover the answer leads Del and Sabrina on a dangerous quest to find Daisy's killer. When they discover Daisy, under a different name, supposedly died 30 years earlier, they find themselves squarely in the cross hairs of killers whose deadly secrets lie in Daisy's mysterious past.

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(5 for the story & 4 for the narration)
FATAL LIES is the second book in the Lies series.  Though each mystery will stand on its own, the series is a continuing relationship between Sabrina and Del.  I strongly recommend reading the series in the order of release.

Sabrina spent six years in prison for a murder she did not commit.  Of course, we readers are curious about that time spent there.  Most authors would gloss over that as the past and isn’t she so happy and well-adjusted now.  Instead, Andrew Cunningham has brought out the spiders and the boogeymen.  No, this book isn’t really about Sabrina’s past, but it does spend a lot of focus on her time and the women in the prison with her.  Some belong there; some don’t; all are still people.

I enjoyed listening to this second book in the series and delighted that I committed myself to the series.  This is turning out to be a fun week of suspense and suspended reality.

I was disappointed that there were no reader notes regarding historical facts for this story.  I guess I was spoiled by the first book in the series.

Narration:  Greg Hernandez’s narration style continues to remind me of the old film noire announcers and is appropriate for the story.  I don’t know if he has gotten better or I’ve become accustomed to his presentation, but I liked him better in this second book.  I’m looking forward to the next few days and the next few books.

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted audiobook copy via Audiobookworm Promotions Adopt-an-Audiobook, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Lies series:
1.      All Lies
2.      Fatal Lies
3.      Vegas Lies
4.      Secrets & Lies
5.      Blood Lies
Also from Andrew Cunningham:
·         The Creeping Sludge
·         Deadly Shore
·         The Ghost Car
·         The Ride of Doom
·         The Sky Prisoner
·         Wisdom Spring
Eden Rising series:
1.      Eden Rising
2.      Eden Lost
3.      Eden’s Legacy
The Arthur MacArthur Mysteries:
1.      The Mysterious Stranger














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