In this award-winning debut mystery novel, the chief of police of a small town is also an unreliable drunk. So when Dora Lee Parjeter is murdered, her old friend and former police chief Samuel Craddock steps in to investigate. He discovers that a lot of people may have had it in for Dora Lee--the conniving rascals on the farm next door, her estranged daughter, and her live-in grandson. And then there's that stranger Dora Lee claimed was spying on her. As Craddock digs to find the identity of the killer, the human foibles of Jarrett Creek's residents--their pettiness and generosity, their secret vices and true virtues--are also revealed.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Seventh Street Books
Published: 07/16/2013
ISBN: 9781616147990
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d
Award: Macavity Award - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/13/2013
Romantic Times 08/01/2013 pg. 72 - Excellent