Brava, Patricia for weaving a tale as instructive as it is captivating.' - Jerry B Jenkins But that's what Raybon has done here with All That Is Secret, an engaging, evocative period piece as timely as tomorrow's news. 'It's the rare journalist who can succeed at also crafting compelling fiction. This well-respected nonfiction author proves her worth with fiction as she delivers rich characters and a page-turning mystery set in the beautiful wilds of Colorado.' - Julie Cantrell 'Readers will be hooked from the first line of Patricia Raybon's captivating debut novel, All That Is Secret.

Not only a good mystery, but a realistic insight into the African American experience in the nineteen twenties.' - Rhys Bowen 'In Professor Annalee Spain, Patricia Raybon has created a real, rounded, and very human character. But when their sleuthing unravels sinister motives and deep secrets, Annalee confronts the dangerous truths and beliefs that could make her a victim too.

With their help, Annalee follows clues that land her among Denver’s powerful elite. Still, with her literary hero Sherlock Holmes as inspiration, Annalee launches her hunt for clues, attracting two surprising allies: Eddie, a relentless young white boy searching for his missing father, and Jack, a handsome Black pastor who loves nightclub dancing and rides in his sporty car, awakening Annalee’s heart to the surprising highs and lows of romantic love. For a young Black woman, searching for answers in a city ruled by the KKK could mean real danger. Can an amateur detective solve the cold case mystery of her lost father’s murder? In the winter of 1923, Professor Annalee Spain-a daring but overworked theologian at a small Chicago Bible college-receives a cryptic telegram calling her home to Denver to solve the mystery of the murder of her beloved but estranged father. From award-winning author Patricia Raybon comes a compelling new historical mystery series, a riveting puzzle confronting the hidden secrets of class, race, family, and love.

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