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Author:

Chamberlain, Diane, 1950- author.

Title:

Big lies in a small town [large print] / Diane Chamberlain.

Format:

[large print] /

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

619 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Judicial error--Fiction.
Art restorers--Fiction.
Artists--Fiction.
Mural painting and decoration--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Small cities--Fiction.
North Carolina--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. 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 Center. 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. 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 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?
In 2018, Morgan Christopher is serving a three-year prison term for a crime she did not commit. Her dream of an art career is on hold -- until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer. She will be released immediately if she agrees to restore a mural in a sleepy southern town. Once there, Morgan finds a painting that tells a story of madness, violence, and small-town secrets. In 1940, Anna Dale, an artist from New Jersey, won a national contest to paint a mural for the post office in Edenton, North Carolina. 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?

Series:

Thorndike Press large print core.

ISBN:

1432872842
9781432872847

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1139472638

Locations:

ZIPA815 -- Auburn Public Library (Auburn)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

FDPC194 -- Upham Memorial Library (Fredericksburg)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)