Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I found it annoying how it switched between Anna's story in 1939 and Morgan's story in 2018 every other chapter and felt it detracted from my enjoyment. Other than that I LOVED IT!!! The plot was superb and how their lives intersected was surprising and riveting.

When a woman painter from the North (Anna) wins the Special 48 States Mural Competition she is assigned the small North Carolina town of Edenton. She will have to deal with their prejudice first against female artist and when she allows a young black man (Jesse Jameson Williams) who is a gifted artist to join the two white students against racism.

Morgan (an art student) is serving time for a DUI, when thanks to Jesse Jameson Williams' will she is plucked out of jail with the condition that she will restore Anna's mural in time for the opening of his art gallery. The will has everyone puzzled as to why Jesse would think an art student (Morgan) in uniquely qualified for the job? She doesn't know the first thing about art restoration but with Oliver's help she struggles to restore the unsettling mural. Morgan becomes intrigued with learning more about Anna and what happened to the artist that Jesse told his daughter went crazy. Slowly as the mural comes back to life Morgan uncovers the answers to the riddle of the mural. Just when she thinks she has the final answers she discovers that Jesse has one more surprise about Anna hidden on the walls of his gallery. But then Morgan discovers WHY he thought she should be the one to restore Anna's mural.

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