Lies are Forever

Name: Lies are Forever
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: C. Jean Downer
ISBN: 9798350849127

Author: C. Jean Downer

Series: Sloane West Mystery #1

Narrator: Ann Sprinkle

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/19/2023

Categories: Fiction, Lgbtq+, Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

Sloane West is an ex-New York City cop turned private investigator, Irish whiskey aficionado, and untrained witch in an emotional slump. Her mother just died, and her ex-best friend and ex-lover have sent her an invitation to their upcoming nuptials. Thankfully, a solicitor arrives and distracts her faster than a night of drinking Jameson neat with news that Sloane has inherited her late grandparents'—who she didn't know existed—island estate.

When Sloane refuses, the solicitor encourages her to at least visit her mother's birthplace. Eager to discover her magical roots and a birthright her mother hid, Sloane agrees. As she's finalizing travel plans, a man kicks in her door and turns a gun on her, but Sloane kills him with her unchecked magical strength. Now she has to figure out who wants her dead.

On the island, she first discovers family and friends who stand with her in her investigation. And as the attacks on Sloane and her newly found coven intensify, Sloane must choose whether to embraces her power as a protector, or flee from her birthright.

About C. Jean Downer

C. Jean Downer spent her childhood in the rural Midwest relying on her vivid imagination to entertain family and friends. She earned a master of arts in literature and a PhD in rhetoric and taught many years in both English and Women Studies departments, which spurred her to achieve her life's dream-to write and live creatively. Downer is a published poet and the author of Lies are Forever, the first book in the Sloane West Mystery series. Formerly from the US southwest, she now lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her wife of twenty years, their two fabulous teenage daughters, two lazy dogs, and three chill cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Della B on April 20, 2024

This wonderful debut novel and burgeoning mystery series begins with a murder, a self defence killing and an attempt to end Sloane West’s life. It also opens up a world of magic and secrets that Sloane’s mother had kept from her. The family she never knew she had are dying off at an alarming rate. S......more

Goodreads review by Aleana on January 23, 2024

I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review. Sloane is private investigator who is mourning her mother even though they had a complicated relationship because her mother was so secretive. Sloane is annoyed when her ex and ex best friend send......more

Goodreads review by Kaye on December 09, 2023

Sloane West is a former NYC officer and works as a private investigator. A lawyer from Canada comes to tell her that she has an inheritance from grandparents that she didn’t know existed. She arrives in Denwick, a small Canadian village and learns that mother kept her hidden from family and friends......more

Goodreads review by BooksAsDreams (Tiffany) on December 04, 2023

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC! I’ve read more than 230 middle grade and children’s books this year, so it is nice to sink into an adult mystery. My comfort zone is mystery and thriller, so the addition of the sci-fi/fantasy element is newer to me. In this book, Sloane West is an ex-New York Ci......more

Goodreads review by Celesse on December 24, 2023

this was amazing I give the narrator three stars she wasn't bad but I really wanted more I don't know it's just something about her voice that was missing there's definitely different voices but I just felt like something was missing but the plot though the story The mystery this story is like a ope......more