Publisher's Synopsis
When a popular eighteen-year-old girl is murdered, it devastates residents of the tight-knit communities surrounding New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee. But when the jury sets the accused man free, it shakes people to their very core. Detective Colby Jarvis blames himself-the witnesses were ineffective; his testimony was weak, the clues inadequate. The next morning, jigsaw puzzles begin arriving in mailboxes belonging to people related to the trial. Twelve hours later, the deaths begin, and Jarvis promises to bring the murderer to justice. Angie tries to help Jarvis through his troubles, but she's mired in her own set of problems. Her partner Tyson has just been offered his lifelong dream-a role in a Broadway show. Angie faces running the theater on her own, perhaps forever. But that's not the worst of it: her clingy mom is back in town, and she's brought her a boy-toy-a twenty-something surfer from LA-who decides that he too wants to be a detective.
