big lies in a small town by diane chamberlain

The compelling authorship of Diane Chamberlain elevated this novel to great heights for this reader.ĭeftly navigating the years 20 respectively, Big Lies in a Small Town relays the moving stories of two artists across time and place.

Big Lies in a Small Town encompasses racism, truth, justice, personal forgiveness and atonement. Big Lies in a Small Town is the latest novel from international bestselling author Diane Chamberlain, who boasts an impressive back catalogue of twenty six published titles to her name. The art world is the vital link that draws two very different women together within an eighty year time gap. What happened to Anna Dale? Are the clues hidden in the decrepit mural? Can Morgan overcome her own demons to discover what exists beneath the layers of lies? Review: But what she doesn’t expect is to find herself immersed in a town where prejudices run deep, where people are hiding secrets behind closed doors, and where the price of being different might just end in murder. Alone in the world and desperate for work, she accepts. North Carolina, 1940: Anna Dale, an artist from New Jersey, wins a national contest to paint a mural for the post office in Edenton, North Carolina. What she finds under the layers of grime is a painting that tells the story of madness, violence, and a conspiracy of small town secrets. Morgan knows nothing about art restoration, but desperate to leave prison, she accepts. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Her dream of a career in art is put on hold – until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed.

Big lies in a small town by diane chamberlain