After a decade of exile, Will Seems returns to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff. When a brutal homicide claims the life of an old friend, Will faces the true impetus for his return: to pay a debt to a Black friend who protected him years ago. As he investigates, he clashes with unpredictable private detective Bennico Watts, leading them both into the tangled history of a region where nothing is sacred.

"There are memories that we try our hardest to forget. Reminders of what was taken from us. For FBI Agent Emma Griffin pain and brokenness was all she knew. At eleven, she found her mother murdered. The love she most cherished was gone in an instant. Even after catching the culprit, the pang in her heart never left her. Now with her husband and newfound family. It seems like the painful chapters are finally closed. When bodies are found seemingly...

"The Fourth of July always means endless celebrations in Cranberry Cove, and this year Monica and Greg have the added pleasure of spending it with Monica's college roommate, Kelly Cargill. When they join Kelly and her family to watch the fireworks, it's all very exciting--until the elderly matriarch of the family dies on the spot. Then evidence comes to light that she was poisoned, and Monica promises to do what she can to catch the culprit. Just...