LeAnne McVeigh, homicide detective for Henry County, is positive that she has arrested the right man for the murder. That is, until she hears what he has to say and takes a really good look at him. Now, against all odds, strong doubts are entering her mind. Did she really arrest the right person for this crime? Or did she give into the pressure of getting this case solved and overlook something?

Suddenly, another woman is found strangled to death. And although this murder is different from the first, she is convinced it is the same killer. This time though, it couldn't have been Snake; he was sitting in jail when it happened. Suddenly without warning, LeAnne finds her life turned upside down. She is doubting her abilities as a homicide detective and having major problems with her fiance (the county's prosecutor.) As if that isn't enough, she also finds herself attracted to Snake, who is definitely from the wrong side of town. As LeAnne struggles to keep herself together and solve the two murders, more bodies start turning up and she begins receiving death threats.

KISS OF DECEIT keeps you spell-bound right to the very end. Patricia Rasey has done a masterful job at concealing the identitiy of the killer until she is ready to bring all the pieces together. She gives you a handfull of suspects to think about, any one of which could be the murderer, but she gives you nothing that will reveal the true identity of the killer. This is definitely a book that a person will want to read over and over, to see if possibly there might be a clue in there that they might have missed.