As judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the countryside. An early spring sun has begun to shine like a blessing on the fertile fields of North Carolina, but along with the seeds sprouting in the thawing soil, violence is growing as well.
Mutilated body parts have appeared along the back roads of Colleton County and the search for victim's identity and for that of his killer will lead Deborah and her new husband, Sheriff´s Deputy Dwigth Bryant, into the desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor.
In the meantime, Deborah and Dwight continue to adjust to married life and to having Dwigth's eight-year old son, Cal, live with them full time. When another body is found, these newlyweds will discover dark truths that threaten to permanently alter the serenity of their rural surroundings and their life together.
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I tried but I couldn't finish this book. I actually made it through more than 2/3 of the book but decided than I don't want to waste more time on it. After all this pages the book hasn't even been near to what it was described and I just got too bored. This is probably because it is the 13th book in a series, some might say it's a cozy mystery only, without much mystery up until where I stopped reading.
Unfortunately I don't have anything positive to say about it.
Rating:
Visit Margaret Maron.
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (August 22, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446582433
ISBN-13: 978-0446582438
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