A murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman catches Luke's eye. A fatherless baby is born, and someone has begun painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, painstakingly bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. A memorable adaptaion of John Grisham's best-seller, A Painted House draws on childhood memories and "local lore" from his Arkansas roots.
