The Keeper of Secrets ~ A Wife’s Dirty Little Secret & the Secrets We Keep - Loosely Based on a True Story

A Crime of Passion, a Careless Accident... of What? Everything Seemed Browner That Autumn. Burnt. Dead. It Was 1969… That was the year my Uncle Roy died, leaving behind his much younger wife, my Aunt Vivian, who had found the man of her dreams… the shadowy character known as Bobby Ray. As it happened, my aunt met Bobby Ray a few months before my uncle's death. I had just turned fifteen and the questions burning my insides that autumn: Who killed Uncle Roy? And why did he have to die? This is my story of what happened and how it changed our lives forever. Uncle Roy taught me a lot about being kind even when life hasn't been especially kind to you. I was about to learn a lot more, things that I would carry with me through life… not all of them good. Aunt Viv was a non-apologetic chain-smoker with a sour disposition, but whose sweeter side was brought out by her new love. There's a type of person people trust with their secrets, someone they're sure will guard them and keep them safe. My best friend Tillie says that it's the kind of person who has a face 'like a prayer book'. I was about to find out how true it was… Based on a true story. 15,000+ words. Includes an interview with the author.