Tell Me No Lies (An Ava Logan Mystery) (Volume 1)
By: Lynn Chandler Willis
Rating: 5 of 5
I was quite surprised to find that this author has a very short back list. I was immediately drawn into and became part of the world she created in “Tell Me No Lies”. I will certainly be reading her other books in the near future and waiting for new books in this series.
Ava Logan is the publisher/editor of the local newspaper in her fairly small town in the North Carolina hills. She is also the widow of a law enforcement officer, Tommy, who was killed in the line of duty years before. She is also the mother of two, a pre-teen daughter and a teenage son, so her hands are quite full with both duties at home and at work.
She has agreed to watch her friend’s toddler daughter, Ivy, so Trish can have the evening free. When she goes to take Ivy back home, the book explodes into a mystery thriller which leaves the reader trying to figure out both whodunnit and why. The ending was a bit shocking to me but it completely made sense.
I was very impressed with the fluidity with which the author wove in Ava’s back story, giving me bits and pieces to guess at what has brought her to this point in her life. The characters became real to me and the plot line could be lifted from a newspaper. My mother was born and raised in the hills of North Carolina and I felt that the author captured the essence of the people who live there.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.
I was quite surprised to find that this author has a very short back list. I was immediately drawn into and became part of the world she created in “Tell Me No Lies”. I will certainly be reading her other books in the near future and waiting for new books in this series.