Lies at Six

A thriller’s pacing. Vivid Southern locales. Witty dialogue and wry
observation about what passes for news on TV…and truth in our lives.

Jolie Marston is a TV news reporter with scruples. Her new boss would
sell his grandmother’s soul for a few ratings points. When he orders
her to distort another meritless story, she explodes during a live
broadcast.

Her career is kaput. Blown too is her chance to cover Memphis’s
biggest story of the year—the slaying of a respected former mayor.
When the police investigation stalls, Jolie vows to find justice. She
has a deep tie to the victim: He'd been mentor and friend from her
hometown in the foothills of the Smokies.

Reeling from her public downfall and a failing romance, Jolie returns
to that small town to start a video business. She's also there to find
out who she is now that the identity she took for granted is gone.
Solving the murder becomes her proving ground as she unearths a life
the ex-mayor’s public persona hid—one of prostitutes, drugs and
danger.

Jolie chases down leads in sassy, blues-steeped Memphis, tiny
antebellum La Grange and her east Tennessee hometown of Singleton. Her
ally in sleuthing is Martin, Singleton's wealthy, clever, discreetly
gay bon vivant. They find intrigue and deceit woven through
generations and discover that exposing the lies people live by can
have fatal consequences.