Is this the first book in the Moonlighter series?

Yes. Truth-Stained Lies is the series opener, so you can start here without reading anything else first.

Yes. Blackstock writes Christian suspense with no explicit language or sex, though violence is part of the murder plot.

What is the cheapest way to get it?

New copies were $5.00 at Alibris as of November 7, 2026. Used copies are widely available and often cheaper.

The paperback runs roughly 300 pages, a one- or two-sitting read for most suspense fans.

Yes, the central case resolves here, but the sisters' stories continue in later Moonlighter books.

4 stores we checked sell it, including alibris, Target, Walmart, Booksamillion.

At alibris, for $5.00, 63% under what the other stores charge, as of our latest check.

$5.00at alibrisObserved at 2:25 PM

63% under what the other stores charge

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