**In this page-turning novel set in the Depression-era South,_New York Times_ bestselling author Mary Monroe transports readers to a small Alabama town where home is not always a sanctuary, and two neighboring families let pleasantries mask increasing resentment. . .** **__** Bootlegging was Mil
Over the Fence
β Scribed by Mary Monroe
- Publisher
- Kensington;Dafina Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Edition
- First Kensington Hardcover Edition
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
In this page-turning novel set in the Depression-era South,New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe transports readers to a small Alabama town where home is not always a sanctuary, and two neighboring families let pleasantries mask increasing resentment. . .
__
Bootlegging was Milton and Yvonne Hamilton's ticket out of poverty, prison time, and plain bad luck. Now they've moved on--to a bigger, richer pool of clientele--right in their own respectable new middle-class backyard. And their growing friendship with seemingly-perfect couple Joyce and Odell Watson is proving golden in more ways than one . . .
As Milton soon learns, Odell is hiding an outside family and dubious business dealings. It's the perfect recipe for a blackmail scheme that will help Milton hide his own dirty
secrets--even from Yvonne. Better yet, he can take ever more dangerous risks to ace out his
liquor-smuggling rivals--and add a...
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