Exiles on Main Street — Lisa Kleinholz

THE SCOOP OF A LIFETIME

Working as a reporter for a small-town newspaper can be a bit dull for a glamorous former rock'n'roll writer like Zoe Szabo. But after life in the fast lane nearly killed her musician husband and their marriage, she believes Greymont, Massachusetts, is the perfect place to slow down, raise their two children, and fall back in love.

Still, there's nothing like a good scoop to get Zoe moving again, and she's in overdrive when the body of an Asian immigrant is discovered. Who wanted her dead, and why? As Zoe probes for answers, the clues become more complex. Is the murder part of an anti-immigrant backlash--a Yankee local angry enough to kill--or does the truth go further back, to a blood grudge rooted far from this quaint New England town that Zoe thought was so safe?