The best lies you tell your friends. The worst lies you tell yourself.

In country stores and diners, old men gather over breakfast and coffee to swap tall tales. The fish are bigger, danger greater, and adventures wilder in the stories told at a Liars’ Table. No harm in stretching the truth when nothing exciting happens in their small town.

Until someone steals Purvis Webb’s car. Life is hard enough. A wife in a nursing home. An estranged daughter. A grandson he didn’t know existed.

Unable to accept one more indignity, Purvis takes matters into his own hands. His pursuit of the thief leads him to places he never thought he'd go and to decisions he never wanted to make.

In this rich, layered story about life spinning out of control, past and present entwine seamlessly with engaging characters. The reader will be eagerly flipping the pages to see what happens next.

Try Before You Buy

Browsing in a bookstore, a book catches your attention. Maybe it was the title. Perhaps the cover drew you in. Curious, you open to the first chapter and read the opening lines:

I stood ankle deep in the morning dew, sipping my coffee and watching Belle circle the giant maple tree that centered our backyard as she sniffed for the perfect blade of grass to water. Once she completed her first task of the day—second if you count the stretch and fart in my bedroom that announced she was ready to herald the dawn, as reliable as any rooster I’ve ever owned—she focused on her nemeses, the evil squirrels chittering from their high branches. Much to her dismay, they once again refused to come down and play her games..

Intrigued, you take the book to a comfortable chair, settle in and read a few chapters. If it’s compelling, you’ll take it to the register. If not, you’ll put it back on the shelf and move to the next one. After all, life's too short to read books you don't enjoy.

Why shouldn’t the buying experience work the same in the digital age?

I understand. You don't know me. You haven't read one of my books. You're deciding whether Liars' Table will be worth your time and money. To tempt you, I'm offering a FREE sample of the first five chapters. You can download it to your Kindle, Nook, or any other e-reader. You may also read it directly on your computer.

If you enjoy it, I hope that you will purchase the book to find out the rest of the story.

If not? I thank you anyway for taking the time and effort to give the story a try.

No matter what you decide, I wish you Happy Reading!

P.S. Providing your email address for this free sample does NOT subscribe you to my monthly newsletter or anything else (though you're always welcome to join). I will let you know when I release a new book, but that's it. You can even unsubscribe from that whenever you want, including right after you download the sample. Why do I make it so easy? Because I hate spam as much as you do.

Reader Reviews

 Memorable characters, a wonderful depiction of life in a small town, and the friendships that develop  

 The book pulls you in and you have to keep flipping pages to find out what happens next.  

 A story of family, friends, and what you are willing to risk to save them.  

 I couldn’t stop reading it. When I had to step away from it I couldn’t stop thinking about it.  

 Realistic, multi dimensional characters I will long remember, and a plot that has many twists and turns, both in the mystery of the car theft, and the story of Purvis himself.