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A review by donnaeve
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
5.0
Chamberlain squeezed this story until it squealed. What the heck do I mean by that?
Every scenario that unfolded, every mystery, question raised, and tetchy relationship was handled with intrigue, credible actions, and resolved. Nothing was left flapping in the wind.
This was a wonderful page turner with brief, crisp chapters that always moved scenes forward. None of Chamberlain's characters lollygagged about on the page. They showed up with their problems and individual personalities and provided the perfect lens for the reader to peer through, and to become attached to them.
I met Diane Chamberlain at the release of this book, and I recall her telling her audience that she'd written Anna Dale's chapters and Morgan Christopher's chapters in totality before she integrated them to become the layout the book is today. The audience really reacted to that because it's . . . brilliant.
And so is her writing.
Every scenario that unfolded, every mystery, question raised, and tetchy relationship was handled with intrigue, credible actions, and resolved. Nothing was left flapping in the wind.
This was a wonderful page turner with brief, crisp chapters that always moved scenes forward. None of Chamberlain's characters lollygagged about on the page. They showed up with their problems and individual personalities and provided the perfect lens for the reader to peer through, and to become attached to them.
I met Diane Chamberlain at the release of this book, and I recall her telling her audience that she'd written Anna Dale's chapters and Morgan Christopher's chapters in totality before she integrated them to become the layout the book is today. The audience really reacted to that because it's . . . brilliant.
And so is her writing.