While the plot reads like a cat-and-mouse thriller, Morris says the book also confronts some serious themes that still resonate today. “What the sisters don’t realize is there’s a man from Mississippi who knows exactly what happened and what Violet did, and he’s hot on the trail with a real unique motive for finding the two women,” Morris says, speaking by phone from her home in Atlanta. When news of the murder brings the police to her door, Marigold sees no choice but to take off too and heads north to what she hopes will be a better life.
Dutiful Marigold, the rule follower, is in a different sort of trouble - she’s pregnant and unmarried. Violet, the wild child, flees to a small rural Georgia town after she’s brutally assaulted and kills her attacker in self-defense. The book, set in Jackson, Mississippi, at the cusp of the Civil Rights Movement, follows sisters Violet and Marigold as they’re forced to leave home for different reasons. Morris’ new historical thriller, “ Anywhere You Run,” out Oct. Suddenly, Ellice’s past and present lives collide as she launches into a pulse-pounding race to protect the brother she tried to save years ago and stop a conspiracy far more sinister than she could have ever imagined… Order of Books » Authors » Order of Wanda M.In the Jim Crow South, two Black sisters are on the lam in Wanda M. When she uncovers shady dealings inside the company, Ellice is trapped in an impossible ethical and moral dilemma. While the opportunity is a dream-come-true, Ellice just can’t shake the feeling that something is not right. She can’t be thrust into the spotlight – again.īut instead of grieving this tragedy, people are gossiping, the police are getting suspicious, and Ellice, the company’s lone black attorney, is promoted to replace her boss. Why? Ellice has been keeping a slew of dark secrets, including a small-town past and a kid brother who’s spent time on the other side of the law. But everything changes one cold January morning when Ellice arrives in the executive suite and finds him deceased by way of gunshot to the head.Īnd then she walks away like nothing has happened. On first appearances, Ellice Littlejohn has everything: an Ivy League law degree, a well-paying job as a corporate attorney in midtown Atlanta, great friends, and a “for fun” relationship with a rich, charming executive, who just happens to be her white boss. Morris Synopsis: All Her Little Secrets is the standalone debut novel of corporate attorney Wanda M.
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