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. 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. Restoration of a mural is the literary device that merges the timelines, connects the characters, and drives the story forward. Morgan knows nothing about art restoration but, desperate to leave prison, she accepts. Big Lies in a Small Town came to me at a perfect time when I needed something easy reading, light, engaging, and different from my usual heavier histfic. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. 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. 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. North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher's life has been derailed.
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.
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