Southern Lies and Homicides

This compelling collection of stories by private investigator and award-winning author Susan Waller Lehmann takes readers on her personal journey of casework in the South, from her first process service through divorce and custody situations, to multiple capital murder cases, to the execution of her friend and client.

In 1996, after an unexpected relocation to the deep south of rural Alabama, Susan decided to become a private investigator. Using skills previously honed as a journalist, she talked her way into a job with an agency. She set out on her own when confronted with unethical behavior.

These stories impart universal truths about working as a female PI on emotionally charged and volatile civil and criminal cases. In a deeply conservative society where lies are told and winning matters more than truth, justice is bought and favors the few.