Tell Her No Lies

Even the most admired families have secrets to hide . . .

Nina Fischer carries a camera wherever she goes—so she can view life through a filter. Safely. After her mother abandoned her to the streets, Nina has kept people at a distance, including her uncle, who adopted Nina and her sister. Wealthy and proud, he is a good man, a fair judge, and someone many in San Antonio admire.

But when he is murdered, and the detective assigned to the case accuses Nina of the crime, she knows she must act. She’s determined to use her journalism background to find the real killer. The two men in her life want to help, but can she trust them? She’s known Rick since they were children, but now he’s an attorney whose political aspirations seem more important than Nina’s tragic loss. And then there’s Aaron, a news videographer; using their friendship could break the biggest story of his career.

Following the evidence leads Nina on a journey of discovery into her father’s shocking masquerade as a law-abiding, family-loving Christian. Unlocking these secrets could prove fatal, but it’s the only way Nina will ever be able to trust love again.

Combining romance and suspense, bestselling author Kelly Irvin’s Tell Her No Lies is a high-stakes race for the truth.

Late one night, former journalist Nina Fischer, the heroine of this gripping novel of romantic suspense from Irvin (the Amish of Bee County novels), is at the San Antonio, Tex., home of her adoptive father, Judge Geoffrey Fischer, when she discovers him lying dead on his office floor. A gun is at his side. Since she was the only person in house at the time of the murder and there’s no sign of forced entry, the police regard her as the prime suspect. With the help of her news videographer friend, Aaron McClure, Nina tries to learn who would have wanted to kill her father, a family-loving Christian. The judge adopted Nina and her sister years before when they were abandoned by his sister, their biological mother. As Nina uncovers secrets of her father’s past, the body count rises. Meanwhile, the love triangle among Nina; her attorney boyfriend, Rick Zavala; and Aaron, who has loved her from a distance, adds emotional depth. As Nina becomes the target of a killer, the action builds to a stunning conclusion. No one is above suspicion in a tale sure to appeal to readers beyond its main Christian audience. Agent: Julie Gwinn, Seymour Agency. (Nov.)

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Reviewed on: 12/10/2018
Release date: 11/01/2018

The Parkersburg News & Sentinel, Nov. 27, 2018

Nina and her sister were taken from her drug addict mother and into foster care. When they are swept away by a wealthy uncle and district court judge, the two see him as their father. Now as an adult, Nina’s life as a photographer and poet may not be the life he may have chosen for her, but she’s loving it. Her idyllic life comes to a halt when she finds him dead, murdered in his study, and she is the only other one in the house. While Nina looks like a prime suspect, she knows she didn’t do it. With the help of old boyfriend attorney Rick and photographer friend Aaron, Nina finds she has help, but can she trust them? And then she unearths a secret her father thought he kept hidden. Will his past come back to haunt her?

With plenty of twists and surprises, this is a story readers will be shocked by.

“Tell Her No Lies” is published by Thomas Nelson. It is $15.99 and 352 pages long.

From Amy Phelps.

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