THE SECRETS WE KEEP

June, 1943. Betty Ahern isn’t a novice PI anymore. After solving several dangerous cases, she is hired for what she hopes will be simpler one. A soldier home from Europe on medical furlough wants her to find his birth mother. Left at a church and raised an orphan at Father Baker’s Home for Boys, his only clue is a silver St. Christopher medal with a French inscription on the back.

Betty tracks down the unmarried daughter of a wealthy businessman who mysteriously vanished from society for several months in the early 1920s.  Against her better judgment, Betty tells her client, who rushes off to meet her. But when the woman is found murdered, and her client is arrested for the crime, Betty must switch from locating a missing mother to clearing his name.

Aided by some new partners, Betty once again delves into the secrets of Buffalo’s elite. What she finds threatens to rip open secrets long buried. Can she find a killer and reunite a family? Or will the hunt cost Betty and her client everything, including their lives?

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“Tough, big-hearted sleuth Betty Ahearn will have you cheering her courage and smarts as she searches for a soldier’s mother in WWII-era Buffalo. With Betty’s growing confidence and the hint of a troubling new romance on the horizon, this may just be the best entry yet in Liz Milliron’s fantastic WWII Homefront mystery series. A great read, fast-paced, dialogue-driven, and a moving exploration of the price paid by those who hide family secrets.” 

~ Mally Becker, Agatha Award-nominated author of the The Turncoat’s Widow.