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Highlights
- HOME IS THE PRISONERJim Singley has served his time.
- Author(s): Jean Potts
- 232 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
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About the Book
Two character-driven masterpieces of psychological suspense. The first novel deals with a man accused of murder who returns to face his accusers, the second concerns a little lie that has major ramifications in everyone's life.Book Synopsis
HOME IS THE PRISONER
Jim Singley has served his time. Accused of killing his business partner, he left a lot of bad feelings in Athena--but now he's back. Back to a wife who hates him, a son who has been raised to despise him, and a town full of folks who wish he were dead. But Jim has some unfinished business. There is his former partner's wife, Audrey, now married to someone else. And her daughter, Cleo, the only one who spoke up for him at the trial, corroborating his defense when no one else would. There's Matt, his only real friend, harboring a long-kept secret. And Wayne, the son who has been raised to hate, ready to explode with unanswered questions. Athena is a town that can never forgive, but Jim won't leave until he's confronted them all.
THE LITTLE LIE
Everyone knows that Dee and Chad will eventually get married. They're such a perfect couple. So when boarder Mr. Fly overhears them having an argument that results in Chad's moving out, he assumes that they will soon make up. But Dee knows that it's over. She just can't stand the public humiliation. So she lies about it. Just a little lie. She tells everyone that Chad has moved to the city to pursue a new job. Then she tells everyone he's headed for California, where she will no doubt soon join him. She even convinces herself that it's all true. Still, when the plane that Chad is supposedly on crashes, and someone with his last name is listed as a passenger, Dee breathes a sigh of relief. Her secret is now safe. But is it...?
Review Quotes
"The shifting POV's allow the reader to see inside the minds and secrets of the various characters, allowing the story to slowly unfold as a rather poetic multi-layered psychological study... In Potts' fictional world there are no true good or bad characters, just many shades of gray, but she writes them in a way that makes you care about them, warts and all."--In Reference to Murder
"The Little Lie is perhaps Jean Potts' finest contribution to genuine domestic suspense. In Dee Morris Potts has created one of her most unnerving and deeply disturbed characters."--J. F. Norris, Pretty Sinister Books
"Subtlety and sensitivity ... and the quiet authority of a first-rate craftsman."--Anthony Boucher, NY Times
