When a homecoming turns into a perilous search for the truth.
Estranged from her family for over twenty years and having blanked out many of the reasons that made her leave, after the death of her mother, Daydee returns to her hometown in Illinois.
Having inherited land and a cemetery business, Daydee begins to refamiliarize herself with the people in the town, many of whom regard her with suspicion. But as she finds our more about her mother and her affairs, she realises much has been hidden from her. Her properties had been used for illegal gains, clearly some of the town’s folk have been in on it, and her mother’s collaborators want everything kept under wraps.
Having worked as a call girl for much of her life, and wise to the ways of men, Daydee battles with her reputation and begins to make friends. But when she makes a chilling discovery in the cemetery and she unveils what looks like a grievous crime, she is in danger and will require all her hard-won courage and wits to win over.
despinne 4.0 out of 5 stars Read this! It’s a good book.
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2018. A gripping book indeed. I found the characters believable, the plot credible. I’d say it needs proofing, but lightly so. The singular of women is woman! Set in a small Illinois town, the main character returns after spending 25 years in New Orleans for her mother’s funeral. She left town at age 16, so she’s about 41 and, it turns out, pregnant. She luckily finds a small fortune in her mom’s possessions, becomes a business owner (her mom’s), small mysteries abound, a murder is uncovered. Finally, there is a happy ending–or perhaps the real beginning. What more can you want! A longer story, perhaps, but this is really the right size.
chandra martin 5.0 out of 5 stars It is a great book to read!
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2018.This was an excellent book!! It was one of those that you couldn’t put down I told you were finished. It kept you in the edge of your seat at all times. I do feel that the ending could have been a little better. You read all the way to the end and it just cuts off leaves you wondering