Reviews

From completing her first assignment to knowing what to do when a client lies, private investigator and author Susan Lehmann never disappoints in the riveting accounts she’s collected for her new book Southern Lies and Homicides. Lehmann includes in this reader-friendly and personalized book the varied cases that made up a PI business that began with serving legal papers, meeting lawyers and their assistants and befriending the secretaries and gatekeepers who became essential to her success. Her background as a reporter on the crime beat in a Florida newsroom provided the foundation for her expert sleuthing. Every scenario includes Lehmann’s personal dialogue exchanges and thoughts about these intense cases. She offers sound advice along the way. “Never, ever purchase a house that’s down the street from your former spouse.” And this to describe sorting through garbage to gather evidence. “One man’s trash is the plaintiff’s treasure.” Lehmann handles all these cases with finesse and grace. What unfolds in this excellent volume is a non-stop read that will have readers turning pages faster than her ability to locate her clients and capture the culprits.