Publisher's Synopsis
Southern Ladies serve Mystery and Suspense with a Side of RomanceSmall town newspapers latch onto a headline like there's a grand prize for squeezing a story's throat the longest. Just so happens, the biggest, most scandalous one ever is about to land on the Purity Post's doorstep.
A teenager, Martha Ann Lovett, is missing and the Sheriff doesn't even sit up and take notice. Everyone within miles of Courthouse Square knows the pretty teen girl has hot pants. It wouldn't be the first time she'd hooked up with a handsome drifting farmhand or spit-polished young city slicker selling more than the goodies on the back of his business card. She'd be back in a few days or weeks... old news. Good for finger pointing and tongues wagging over the Butter-Pecan tub at the Goody-Goody ice cream parlor on Main Street. Everything is about to change. Shirley Foster has no doubt this North Carolina town has tight lips wrapped around a secret and she doesn't intend to rest until she finds out why.
