Small Town Secrets: Small Town Lies
by Briley Richmond
Category: Fiction

A young boy witnesses a tragic double homicide committed by a leading authority figure in a small Mississippi town in the summer of 1964. At a time when hatred and fear permeate the South like the unforgiving heat and humidity, secrecy and denial are necessary to maintain survival. The boy grows up to practice law, and through his court and political experiences, he comes to learn the painful-and often unspoken-lessons of his time. Intertwined in the double murder is the escalating search for three Civil Rights workers kidnaped in the state that summer as the intensity of the Civil Rights Movement comes to a head. Other abuses, kept secret and protected, further complicate the struggle for the community and its individuals to seek out and learn the truth. Ultimately, will the truth be spoken, or will the small town secrets go to the grave?