Every Good Lie

Nancy Gibbs confesses to murder—and her own lawyer doesn't believe her. A beloved English teacher in a small Kentucky river town, Nancy has no criminal record, no known connection to the dead man, and no apparent motive. Yet she insists on pleading guilty to pushing violent millworker Bill Hodge off a bridge. Public defender Christine Pryor refuses to accept the plea and begins digging into a case the entire town wants closed, uncovering a truth that will force her to choose between justice and mercy.