From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irr esistible new novel. North Carolina2018: Morgan Christopher's life has bee n derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit she finds herse lf serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women's Correctional C enter. Her dream of a career in art is put on hold--until a mysterious vis itor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assign ment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Morgan k nows nothing about art restoration but desperate to leave prison she accep ts. 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 Ca rolina1940: Anna Dalean 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 t o find herself immersed in a town where prejudices run deep where people a re hiding secrets behind closed doors and where the price of being differe nt might just end in murder. What happened to Anna Dale? Are the clues hid den in the decrepit mural? Can Morgan overcome her own demons to discover what exists beneath the layers of lies?
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