Journalist Victoria James usually only writes about crime for the Bennettsville, Ga. Herald. When two of the town's most influential people are killed and clues start showing up on Victoria's doorstep, she's forced into the investigation and must come face-to-face with part of her past she'd rather forget.
There are no graphic depictions of sex or violence in this novella.
Excerpt:
“I’m sorry ma’am, but you can’t - ” started one of the deputies from another county.
“She's fine,” interrupted Deputy
Jefferson Hawes of the Bennettsville Sheriff’s Department who saw her
pull up and had been awaiting her arrival. “You can’t stop Victoria
James when she’s on a story. I’ll handle
Ms. James' questions.”
The other deputy nodded and backed away, and Victoria smiled at Jeff.
“What took you so long, Vic?”
“Couldn’t get past all of the police cars, Jeff. What is going on?”
Jeff shook his head.
“We were trying to keep this one quiet,” he said.
Victoria laughed.
“Then, you‘ve failed miserably. Besides
you should know you can’t keep anything quiet in this town. People know
what color my underwear is, and you think you can hide a murder? I got a
phone call the minute three
deputy cars passed Myra Evans’ house.”
“Good old Miss Myra. God love her,” he replied. "And how do you know it's a murder investigation?"
“You know you really should hire her. I think she solves most of your cases. She said there are two dead bodies in Twin Oaks.”
“Shh. That’s between you and me, but it’s
going to take a lot more than the town busybody to solve this one. And
that is off the record so don’t quote me on that.”
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