from the book jacket:
"The setting: a small, sleepy American town where secrets are almost impossible to keep. The center of town life: the Rainbow Cafe, where Maud Chadwick works as a waitress, hiding behind a quiet manner the intensity and confusion of emotions she feels as her twenty-year-old son takes his final steps out of her life and into his own. Maud's only confidant: Sam DeGheyn, the town sheriff, who, trapped in a loveless, childless marriage, turns his attentions to Maud, and to the murders of three local women, which have occured in the past five years. Sam's suspicion: that the wrong man may have been convicted of the crimes and the right man may soon kill again."

Martha Grimes introduces the reader one-by-one to Maud and then Sam, and even Chad. As I got to know each character, and the unsolved murders that have been bothering Sam, I was struggling to figure out how all these seemingly unrelated stories all tied together, especially Chad's story.

All these seemingly unrelated details finally reveal themselves in the final pages of the book, making the wait for the reveal worth the read.

Adding to the Books I've Read and Journaled bookbox

taken out of dabercro's Books I've Read and Journaled Bookbox

I enjoy a good mystery - adding to MT TBR - thanks for sharing