The Man in the Arena

Larkin Buchanan cannot imagine the direction his life will take when he moves back into the Buchanan mansion. Regretful, he opens the door and his sordid past slaps him in the face. He turns to his housekeeper Laura Evans and they end up consoling each other. He, from an abusive childhood and she, an unruly teenager. And while he is vulnerable, his older brother Jordan's body is found in the family's lake and he is charged with his murder. His confidence fades, as crime and suspense nearly destroy him and when Laura tries to protect him, both of them are caught in the clutches of an ultimate scam. Telling a good story is the base for any good suspense novel, and Mary Gregory Dillard writes to entertain by creating chapters that hold the reader captive until he flips the last page. And in The Man in the Arena, she nails it again! A retired high school teacher, she has written three adult novels, Broad River Gems, Beneath the Mountains, and Where the Maypop Grows. And now, she gives us: The Man in the Arena, a combination of suspense and romance.