Over The Fence (the Neighbors)

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 Lucrative Temptation To His Illicit Services. And Yvonne, Emboldened By Her Husband's New Gravy Train, Delights In Tormenting Joyce About Everything The Snobbish Matron Doesn't Have--especially Children. But Even A Winning Hand Can Be Played Too Far. Pushed Past Their Limits, Odell And Joyce Will Play On Milton's Careless Boasting--to Get Him And Yvonne Out Of Their Lives For Good. And Soon, A Devastating Frame-up Will Plunge One Couple Into A Living Nightmare--and Set The Stage For Explosive Retribution . . .