Reviews

Susan Lehmann’s collection of in-the-field case stories is an entertaining and candid peek behind the curtain at the real work of private investigations. With a former journalist’s storytelling instincts and a detective’s eye for the perfect, telling detail, Lehmann offers a fascinating highlights reel of her investigative life, describing the daily tediums, human dramas, case-breaking discoveries, and alarming confrontations that make up a PI career. Interspersed with thrilling action sequences are flashes of empathy and insight, as Lehmann illuminates the complicated human lives at the heart of her cases. Southern Lies and Homicides is part memoir and part field guide to process service, surveillance, and mitigation investigations. It’s an essential read for rookie PIs, anyone considering this profession, or spy-curious civilians.