In Funeral of Lies, author Alfred O’Neill turns his sharp lens on the intersection of family, politics, and power. The novel, published by AESON Publications, follows a public relations executive who becomes ensnared in his uncle’s political campaign — and, in doing so, unearths a past his family would rather keep buried.
Set against the backdrop of Philadelphia’s local politics, the book is equal parts psychological study and political noir. Through O’Neill’s writing, readers may sense — or perhaps guess — traces of familiar figures, but the heart of Funeral of Lies lies in its exploration of what ambition and loss can do to the human spirit.
“Grief and politics share a strange kinship,” O’Neill says. “Both demand performances. Both can corrupt even the most private truths.”
Dark, jagged, and compulsively readable, Funeral of Lies reveals a world where public image collides with private pain — and where every truth carries a cost.
A.E.S. O’Neill has spent a lifetime gathering and telling stories. His work explores the contradictions at the heart of human nature — love and loss, honesty and corruption, hope and grief. He’s the author of the Love & Murder series, and now returns with Funeral of Lies — a dark, compulsively readable story of politics, family, and betrayal. After years in film school, professional writing, public speaking, and travel blogging, he turned to fiction. His first two novels — Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop Love and Murder and Even Climate Change Can’t Stop Love and Murder — introduce Ginger Rogers and Alby O’Brien, two people trying to find each other (and survive) while being pursued by a very polite sociopath.