Celebrate Lit / March 21, 2022

Legacy of Lies

About the Book Legacy of Lies

Book: Legacy of Lies

Author: Christy Barritt

Genre: Suspense

Release date: November 15, 2021

The justice system failed her family—and so did her hometown.

Madison Colson knows deep down that her father—a convicted serial killer—is innocent. But believing it and proving it are two entirely different things. Unable to help her father, Madison has spent most of her adult life overcompensating by helping others. When her aunt dies unexpectedly, duty calls her back to Fog Lake, Tennessee, a beautiful but painful place she’d rather forget.

Terrifying events begin to unfold once she arrives, unleashing her worst nightmares. The Good Samaritan Killer—or a copycat—is back, and now Madison Colson is his target.

FBI Special Agent Shane Townsend is determined to stop the deadly rampage that has sent the tight-knit community into a frenzy. But he needs to earn Madison’s trust first. The task feels impossible, especially considering his father is the one who put her dad in prison.

With the whole town on edge and pointing fingers, tension escalates out of control. Madison and Shane must sort the facts from the lies—and fight for a legacy of truth—before The Good Samaritan Killer has the final say.

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My Thoughts on Legacy of Lies

Whew. Talk about suspense. This book is suspense-filled. It’s going to keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing and second-guessing who you think the bad guy is. And trust me, you might not be right the first time. Or maybe you were but then you think you weren’t so you find a different one. Yeah. It’s that good!!

Lost on what I’m saying?

Madison was a child when her father was accused, tried, and put in jail for being a serial killer. Only she knows he’s innocent. But she also knows that maybe some of what she said could have put him in jail and that’s something that haunts her to this day.

When their father went to prison she and her brothers went to live with a family member who did not care about them and she is scared from that a bit. She’s super close to her brother close in age but her oldest brother she’s not. As soon as he turned 18 he left and abandoned her. At least, that’s how it seems.

Now she’s back in town for a funeral and the serial killer has resurfaced. This proves her father couldn’t have been the serial killer. But also he’s after her! And he almost kills her at the beginning of the book. Can she figure out who the killer is and free her father? Will he kill her or someone she cares about before she can find him?

And most importantly, can she work with the son of the man who arrested and put away her dad for crimes he didn’t commit?

This is book one in a new series and you’re going to want to binge read them all.

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.

About the Author of Legacy of Lies

USA Today has called Christy Barritt’s books “scary, funny, passionate, and quirky.”

A USA Today and Publishers Weekly best-seller, Christy writes both mystery and romantic suspense novels that are clean with underlying messages of faith. Her books have sold more than three million copies, one has been made into a TV movie, and another is being developed for a TV series.

Christy’s books have won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Suspense and Mystery, have been twice nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, and have finaled for both a Carol Award and Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year.

She’s married to her prince charming, a man who thinks she’s hilarious–but only when she’s not trying to be. Christy’s a self-proclaimed klutz, an avid music lover who’s known for spontaneously bursting into song, and a road trip aficionado.

Christy currently splits her time between the Virginia suburbs and Hatteras Island, North Carolina. She loves spending time with her husband, her two sons, and her four dogs.

For more information, visit her website: www.christybarritt.com.

More from Christy

I wrote Legacy of Lies after watching an interview on TV of a woman whose father killed several people. I tried to put myself in her shoes. How did she cope under the weight of what her father had done? How did people treat her differently? And how did her father’s decisions affect her future?

From there, I had the idea to highlight a group of three siblings who were dealing with this. I’d already done another four-book series in the mountain town of Fog Lake, Tennessee, and I really loved setting those books there. I decided to revisit the area and make it the place where these three siblings had grown up—and where they had to return.