Freedom's Sins

The author of the bestselling memoir, Love and Madness, My Private Years With George C. Scott, Karen Truesdell Riehl turns to fiction in this tale of love, sex, suicide and scandal in a small town in Indiana.

The charred remains of the Cameron house is the site of an unsolved arson fire, evoking fear and fascination in those with hidden connections to it when it was a place of guilty pleasures. Roger Sundbee, the club tennis pro, digs up dirt on the townspeople for a book he’s writing, seeking revenge on those who've mistreated him. Fifteen year-old Richie Evans serves as Roger's spy. Sixteen-year-old Macy Sherman vows everyone will be sorry for the way they’ve treated her. Father Eastlake misses the Cameron house, his haven of sin.