Over the Fence - Neighbors by Mary Monroe

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 . . .