In the interval, Mary Grace had left town, borne an illegitimate daughter, and finally returned to become the Repentance sheriff over the disapproval of conservative townsfolk. Even though someone else eventually confessed, Darryl’s reappearance 24 years later causes general unease. At the time, mechanic Darryl Stokes was suspected of killing both girls. But then Nadia vanished, soon followed by another girl. So did the arrival of troublemaker Nadia Doshenko, who befriended her. Her childhood was clouded by feelings of insecurity and bullying by mean girls, but her skill as a softball player brought her some comfort. Following the deaths of her parents in a car accident, she was raised by her aunt and uncle in the Bible Belt hamlet of Repentance, Arkansas. Mary Grace Dobbs’ life has changed dramatically since murder stalked her hometown, but the sins of the past still color her present. A Southern gothic thriller replete with sins real and imagined.
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