Lara leaves Washington DC after her significant other dies in an auto crash. She drives until her car breaks down in a small Georgia town. On impulse, she purchases a Victorian house that needs a lot of TLC and hires a 17-year-old Dairy Queen cashier as a handyman. A few months later she's shot dead while asleep. The story alternates between the investigation into her death and the unfolding relationships between her, her deceased partner, the teenager, his mentor, and the townspeople. The characters are complex and well drawn, and the mystery kept me guessing to the very end.

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