Hank Phillippi Ryan never disappoints, and her newest Jane Ryland novel, TRUTH BE TOLD, is a strong addition to the series.
After the accidental death of a teenager at the home her family once owned, former TV reporter turned print journalist, Jane Ryland decides to do a piece on the personal effects of foreclosure. The story puts her in the right place at the right time when authorities find a murdered woman, and she starts digging for the truth -- and for any link to the family she's profiling.
That synopsis sounds simple, but the plot is anything but. Jane is working on several different stories and she keeps finding connections to murder. At the same time, she's trying to decide if she has a future with her secret boyfriend, police detective Jake Brogan, and the attorney she's collaborating with is showing more than professional interest.
Both Jake and the attorney are on another case, too; one that could solve a decades-old murder.
I loved TRUTH BE TOLD's intricate plot, and I really enjoy all Hank Phillippi Ryan's characters; even the bad guys are three-dimensional people. As someone who works in the news business, I enjoy her takes on the changes to the industry with the advent of the web and social media. I also appreciate the ethics considerations, like whether it's acceptable for a journalist to date a source or to strike a deal with a lawyer over what will be published and when.
TRUTH BE TOLD is suspenseful, exciting, and thought-provoking, and I highly recommend it for readers who enjoy mysteries and thrillers.
Truth Be Told, part of the bestselling Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan series by Agatha, Anthony, Mary Higgins Clark, and Macavity Award-winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan, begins with tragedy: a middle-class family evicted from their suburban home. In digging up the facts on this heartbreaking story—and on other foreclosures— reporter Ryland soon learns the truth behind a big-bucks scheme and the surprising players who will stop at nothing, including murder, to keep their goal a secret. Turns out, there’s more than one way to rob a bank. Boston police detective Jake Brogan has a liar on his hands. A man has just confessed to the famous twenty-year-old Lilac Sunday killing, and while Jake’s colleagues take him at his word, Jake is not so sure. But he has personal reasons for hoping they’ve finally solved the cold case. Financial manipulation, the terror of foreclosures, the power of numbers, the primal need for home and family and love. What happens when what you believe is true turns out to be a lie?
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