Murder Without a Duck

A recently divorced and temporarily suspended lawyer relocates to the small town of Simpato in Northern California to her parents' old home, vacant since their deaths. She's looking for a reprieve from her life and a fresh start, but immediately she is plunged into the small-town gossip mill of characters who all know more about her than she does of them. When a murder happens minutes from the spot where she is taking a hike, she finds herself dangerously at the epicenter of the town's long held hometown secrets and, if she survives it, she may even discover an explanation for the mysterious deaths of her parents long ago.