220pp. Orange publisher's cloth boards (marked, rounded and worn on corners and spine ends, soiled). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, else no other library markings. Internally a few marks on well-thumbed pages, chipped at base of pp23/24, not affecting text) In its original, vintage dust jacket (rubbed and heavily scuffed at edges and folds, some chips, old interior tape repairs, shelf worn, toning on verso). Set in a small southern town, Sara Elizabeth Mason's third murder mystery related a gradually unfolding family drama and poses a well-planned crime puzzle.