Publisher's Synopsis
Jessica Fletcher must tread lightly when investigating a homegrown homicide....
Jessica has always been civic-minded, so when the director of the Cabot Cove Women s Shelter asks her to join the board of directors, she readily accepts, even though the shelter has been in the crosshairs of an unreasonable councilman who d like to see it closed.
One night while Jessica is at the shelter, a woman walks in battered and bruised. Her husband is a respected businessman and regarded by all as a pillar of the community. Could this paragon of virtue have beaten his wife?
Despite Jessica s support and advice, the woman refuses to stay at the shelter, press charges, or even report the abuse. But a few days later, the entire town is shocked to hear that domestic abuse has turned to murder.
Investigating the crime, Jessica soon discovers that the woman s family has secrets and lies that go beyond domestic violence and that the real killer may be hiding behind a wall of silence that could send the wrong person to prison...."
