内容简介：
August 1963. It had to be an accident. Everyone who knew her thought it would be out of character for Elizabeth Lacey to be murdered. She was annoying and peevish, but not the kind anybody would want to kill. Reno Police Lieutenant David Driscoll has personal problems. He needs to keep busy and he's desperate enough to look into the sudden death of the single mother whose decaying body is found in her decaying home-a death that everyone thinks must be accidental. But, as the body count goes up, it becomes clear to Driscoll that it isn't healthy being connected to the homely little bookstore clerk who sacrifices so much to make ends meet. Of course, he's got nothing to do but cut through the lies and follow the leads. And they all come back to Elizabeth Lacey and her nasty little secrets.