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Big Lies in a Small Town
- Author
- Diane Chamberlain
- Narrator
- Susan Bennett
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 6 February 2020
- Run Time
- 13 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
‘Fans of Jodi Picoult’s style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes’ – Candis.
Big Lies in a Small Town, by the internationally bestselling author Diane Chamberlain, is a sweeping novel about two women connected by a painting that holds many dark secrets.
North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. 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 Centre. Her dream of a career in the arts is put on hold – until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Morgan knows nothing about art restoration but, desperate to leave prison, she accepts. 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.
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. Alone in the world and desperate for work, she accepts. 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 for 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?
Critics Review
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Chamberlain puts so much grit, emotion and drama into her books that it’s impossible to stop thinking about the plot
Heat
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Totally amazing. I love Diane’s writing
Cathy Kelly
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Diane Chamberlain’s gift for storytelling never fails
My Weekly
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An excellent read that will be loved by her fans and anyone who enjoys reading
Jodi Picoult
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Details
- Author
- Diane Chamberlain
- Narrator
- Susan Bennett
- Duration
- 13 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 February 2020
- ISBN
- 9781529009309
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Romantic suspense, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: sense of place
Synopsis
‘Fans of Jodi Picoult’s style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes’ – Candis.Big Lies in a Small Town, by the internationally bestselling author Diane Chamberlain, is a sweeping novel about two women connected by a painting that holds many dark secrets.North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. 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 Centre. Her dream of a career in the arts is put on hold – until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Morgan knows nothing about art restoration but, desperate to leave prison, she accepts. 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.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. Alone in the world and desperate for work, she accepts. 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 for 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?
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