A review by monsterreads
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

Morgan's life has fallen apart. She has been arrested for a crime she didn't commit and has served a year of her time. Her future prospects seem slim and she wants nothing to do with her past. Everything changes as the daughter of a famous author, Jessie Williams, comes to her with a lawyer and says that she will be released on parole if she can complete a restoration of an art mural, for her late father's gallery opening in two months time. Though reluctant and surprised, Morgan wants her freedom and agrees, though her knowledge of restoration is non existent. She begins her work through the help of Oliver, but so little is known of the original artist of the bizarre mural, Anna Dale, that Morgan sets her self on a journey to find out more about her and learns more about her self in the process.

The novel takes us through the racism, sexism and bigotry of the 1940s in the South, in which Anna is painting her mural, all while intersecting it with the trials of modern times and Morgan's journey. Big Lies in a Small Town is different from anything I have read and it had me hooked the entire time. I found myself really connecting with the characters and their stories.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC of this novel.