A lot of families have lies. But the family of Kenneth Lomax had more than one family should have. Kenneth is married to Vera. Vera's goal in life was to find an older rich man to take care of her for the rest of her life. Vera found this in Kenneth.

Vera thought she is had it all. Vera made sure that she quickly took care of any of Kenneth little affairs that he had during the course of their marriage. The last one that he had with Lois was probably the worst one. Lois was with child. Vera made a deal with her that she would make sure Lois and the child would be taken care of. Lois agreed and was out of Kenneth's life, until some sixteen years later when Lois is killed in a car accident.

Kenneth is made aware of the fact the Lois left behind his child.. Since Kenneth had always wanted a child and for some reason Vera couldn't get pregnant he was over the hill with happiness. Vera not so much. The child, Sarah comes to live with them, and Vera now has to tell more lies in order for Kenneth to never find out what she had did sixteen years ago.

FAMILY OF LIES is the third book that I have read by Mary Monroe. Monroe's writing style is great. In each chapters she tells what each character is thinking. Monroe does combine each story line to include the entire back story of these characters. This is one of the many things I like about her books. It is never confusing and at times, it is hard to believe some of it. But it works. I started reading FAMILY OF LIES one day and finished the next. It held my attention the whole time, I only put it down when I couldn't keep my eyes opened any longer.