Publisher's Synopsis
From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel.North Carolina2018: Morgan Christopher's life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commitshe 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 restorationbut desperate to leave prisonshe accepts. What she finds under the layers of grime is a painting that tells the story of madnessviolenceand a conspiracy of small town secrets. North Carolina1940: Anna Dalean artist from New Jerseywins a national contest to paint a mural for the post office in EdentonNorth Carolina. Alone in the world and desperate for workshe accepts. But what she doesn't expect is to find herself immersed in a town where prejudices run deepwhere people are hiding secrets behind closed doorsand 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?
