An Absence of Motive

He was an outsider

And the only man she could trust.

Attorney Marlee Masters's brother was murdered. Proving it means working with Sheriff Ben Kinsella and facing down the nasty gossip in their rural Georgia town. Although the gossips accuse Marlee of being the real threat, there's a stalker vowing retribution if the two don't end the investigation. Ben won't abandon Marlee in her hour of need, but will she have to place herself in even more peril to catch the killer?