Big Lies in a Small Town

From New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes a novel of chilling intrigue,a decades-old disappearanceand one womanΓÇÖs quest to find the truth… ΓÇ£A novel about arts and secrets…grippingly told…pulls readers toward a shocking conclusion.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöPeople magazineBest New Books North Carolina2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commither dream of a career in art is put on holdΓÇöuntil a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will get her released from prison immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Morgan knows nothing about art restorationbut desperate to be freeshe accepts. What she finds under the layers of grime is a painting that tells the story of madnessviolenceand a conspiracy of small town secrets. North Carolina1940: Anna Dalean artist from New Jerseywins a national contest to paint a mural for the post office in EdentonNorth Carolina. Alone in the world and in great need of workshe accepts. But what she doesn’t expect is to find herself immersed in a town where prejudices run deepwhere people are hiding secrets behind closed doorsand where the price of being different might just end in murder. 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? ΓÇ£Chamberlaina master storytellerkeeps readers hookedwith a story line that leavens history and social commentary with romance and mystery.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöLexington Dispatch