Living Lies by Natalie Walters

In the little town of Walton, Georgia, everybody knows your name--but no one knows your secret. At least that's what Lane Kent is counting on when she returns to her hometown with her five-year-old son. Dangerously depressed after the death of her husband, Lane is looking for hope. What she finds instead is a dead body.

Lane must work with Walton's newest deputy, Charlie Lynch, to uncover the truth behind the murder. But when that truth hits too close to home, she'll have to decide if saving the life of another is worth the cost of revealing her darkest secret.

Debut novelist Natalie Walters pulls you to the edge of your seat on the first page and keeps you there until the last in this riveting story that will have you believing no one is defined by their past.

This was a very good book.  Not only is it an excellent mystery, it addresses the problem of depression.  Many people have it to varying degrees.  Natalie has it bad.  She is afraid of how people will react to her if they find out.  She judges that opinion on how her family, especially her father, reacts to it.   By the end of the story Natalie decides to speak out about depression and help the man who saved her life.  A man suffering from PTDS from the war.

The mystery wasn't edge of your seat.  The culprits were pretty easy to figure out.  But how they were caught was a good story.  This is the first book for Ms. Waters.  I will be looking forward to reading more by her.

I was given this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.