Best Kept Secrets
Best Kept Secrets by Gwen Florio is a large print edition published by Severn House on April 28, 2022. This 384-page novel follows Nora Best as she returns to her hometown of Chateau, seeking a fresh start. However, her arrival coincides with a tragic incident involving a police shooting that brings long-buried secrets to the surface, challenging her quest for renewal.
In this narrative, Nora grapples with her past while navigating the complexities of family life and community tensions. As she delves into the history of her family home, the Quail House, she uncovers connections to a decades-old unsolved murder that intertwines with the current unrest. The story explores themes of mystery and the impact of social issues, particularly through the lens of race and personal relationships, as Nora confronts the realities of her hometown and the secrets that threaten to disrupt her life and those around her.
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Nora heads home to Chateau in search of a fresh start, but her arrival comes at a time of social unrest that threatens to uncover long-hidden secrets.
Nora Best is done running. She’s heading to her hometown of Chateau, to the grand Quail House, to stay with her mother and claim the great American privilege of starting over. But she might find it is hard to start over when the past is catching up . . .
The night Nora arrives in Chateau, a white police officer shoots and kills Robert Evans, a young black man. The officer in question is Nora’s school sweetheart, Alden Tydings. What really happened that night? Did Alden act in self-defense as he claims?
Robert is the nephew of Bobby Evans, a man whose murder during the race protests of 1967 was never solved. Bobby and his sister, Grace, used to work at Quail House before Nora was born and, as tensions in Chateau rise, Nora begins to uncover secrets within her family home that could upend the lives of everyone in town . . .
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