The Truth We Bury: A Novel
English
By (author): Barbara Taylor Sissel
In this intense, multilayered domestic drama, two families become entangled in a web of lies, secrets, and betrayal that results in an act of violence so shocking their love may not survive.
On the outside, Lily Isleys life seems perfect: a wealthy husband, a ritzy gated community in Dallas, and a handsome son, AJa decorated marine about to be married to his love, Shea. But when a bridesmaid is murdered in AJs apartment and he cant be found, Lilys world collapses and a long-held family secret is at risk of exposure.
Dru Gallaghers life took a different course. After her ex-husband, suffering from post-traumatic stress, threatened her and her daughter, Shea, with a shotgun, Dru was forced to leave her marriage and forge ahead as a working-class single mom. Now, the anger she sees in war veteran AJs eyes is heartbreakingly familiarand makes Dru deeply afraid for her daughters safetyespecially after Sheas best friend and maid of honor is found dead.
With a killer on the loose and time running out, Lily and Dru, two very different women, unite in a single goal: to save their precious children from scandal, even from death. But will the mothers protection be enough, or will the fateful secret they exposeand the truth it revealsdestroy every hope of love?
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