Reviews

Author Susan Lehmann applies with dazzling results her keen observational skills and captivating journalistic voice in Southern Lies and Homicides, a collection of remarkable stories about her experiences over two decades as a private investigator and capital mitigation specialist in the South. Her accounts are often funny, sometimes tragic and always compelling as she serves legal papers, sifts through garbage for evidence and catches cheating spouses in the act. In detailing her work with death row prisoners awaiting execution, she brings into sharp focus the heart-rending effects of poverty and injustice. Read Southern Lies and Homicides not only for entertainment, but also enlightenment.