Fic­tion

Truth Be Told

  • From the Publisher
May 22, 2014

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. Then again, why would just con­fess to a crime you did­n’t commit?

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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