What We Conceal

By: April Tompkins

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The Bonnay family is gathering for their parents’ fortieth anniversary, but all is not balloons and streamers. Aubrey’s dad has gotten himself arrested—again; her rich brother’s wife is acting cold and standoffish, and no one knows if little sister Cassandra can pull her hand out of her latest victim’s pocket long enough to show up.

The night's supposed to be perfect. Aubrey’s long-time boyfriend has something “very important” to talk to her about, just when she’d given up hope that he’d ever pop the question. She’s touched that he’s chosen her parents’ anniversary for the big ask; not that Mister and Mrs. Bonnay’s union is anything to emulate.

Through all the family turmoil, the party goes as well as expected. Dad gets bailed out and returns home as jovial if he’d just strolled to the mailbox. Everyone loves good old Jerry—until someone doesn’t.

The police arrest Aubrey’s mother for murdering him, a preposterous proposition, and it’s left to Aubrey to convince the cops of her mother’s innocence, all the while disguising her own life of crime.

Aubrey doesn’t know who killed Dad – the list of suspects is a mile long, including her own family. But she’ll take any step, including the most drastic one, to protect her mother.