Most towns have their secrets. In the 1930s, Port St. Joe has more than its share. Old Doc Berber, Port St. Joes only general practitioner, thought he knew all the secrets of the sleepy town in Floridas panhandle. But a grisly murder out at the Cape San Blas Lighthouse drags him into a series of intrigues that even he cant diagnose. Fortunately, the wise old doctor has an even wiser housekeeper, the industrious Jewel Jackson, who has a magic touch in the kitchen and an old Southern saying for every situationand has tabs on everything thats going on in town through the furtive blackfolks grapevine. But the old doctor loses his good sense when he meets young Sally Martin, the dead mans widow. In spite of himself, Doc Berber is drawn into a dangerous search for the killer that leads him into a sinister tangle of deceit, corruption, and scandalous secrets. Hes forced into an agonizing struggle, not just with the murderer, but with his own conscience as well. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Binding: Paperback;220 pages; Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc; Classification: FFH; Weight: 422.09 g; Dimensions: 228 x 154 x 13

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