Book description
Claire Watkins, deputy sheriff of Pepin County, Wisconsin, makes a
strong second showing that ought to gain her new fans. In spite of
recurrent panic attacks associated with the death of her husband,
Claire is starting to find the peace and security she's been seeking
for herself and her 10-year-old daughter, Meg, since leaving her
promising career with the St. Paul-Minneapolis police department for
the small bluff town of St. Antoine.
One summer evening, while her sister Bridget takes care of Meg,
Claire and Rich Haggard, a local pheasant farmer she's been dating for
three months, attend a street dance in nearby Little Rock. Just as the
fun gets under way, screams for help stop the music and put romance on
hold. Someone has stabbed well-liked farmer Jed Spitzler in the chest.
Members of the close-knit St. Antoine community join Jed's children in
searching for Jed's killer.
Long-hidden town secrets are revealed as Claire seeks the truth and
continues to struggle with her own demons.
