Seed of Suspicion — Juanita Tyree Osborne

When her stepfather Allyn Barcroft summoned her, Petri Simmons reluctantly returned to Whitmarsh, the scene of her mother's tragic death ten years before. Petri had once been sure that her mother had been murdered on the lovely old plantation, and no one had believed her. But now that her stepfather had, had several “accidents,” he was certain someone had indeed killed Petri's mother -- and that he was to be the next victim. Petri's own life became endangered as she tried to help Allyn find the culprit. But who could it be? The Barcroft cousins, who'd lived on the place for years? Cecilia, Allyn's beautiful, willful daughter? Or Stephen, Allyn's handsome son, whose thrilling kisses had stolen Petri's heart?