The Lies We Tell is the first full novel in Debra Webb’s Undertaker’s Daughter series. Rowan DuPont has returned home to her childhood home of Winchester, Tennessee. Trained as a forensic psychologist, Rowan grew up in a family-owned funeral home. After her father’s traumatic passing at the hands of a serial killer, she’s taken over the funeral home, doing the job she was trained for since she was a child. 

But Rowan isn’t destined for peace. Upon visiting the site her sister’s body had been found decades before, Rowan stumbles upon the remains of a teenage girl. These are old bones, possibly there, unseen, when Raven’s body was retrieved from the riverbank. Then the gaslighting starts, with someone trying to make Rowan think she’s becoming forgetful. ‘Gifts’ show up, courtesy of the serial killer stalking Rowan. And bodies begin to collect. Can Rowan and Sheriff Brannigan catch Addington this time, or will he elude them again? What, if any, is the connection between the old bones and Raven’s death?

I definitely enjoyed this book more than The Undertaker’s Daughter! It felt more fleshed out, and engaging. All of the story threads- Addington, the bones, Rowan’s past (and her present)- held my attention and kept me trying to figure things out. I must say, I wanted to thwack Rowan for ignoring the very real danger she was in, and for thinking she was just confused about locking doors, when she did certain things, 

***This book was purchased for my own pleasure, with no expectation of a review.