Atlanta columnist Kate Mulcay is running out of Southern hospitality as a pair of distant relatives prolong their surprise visit. But freeloading houseguests are the least of her problems when a neighbor is found bludgeoned to death, and the police name Kate as the prime suspect. "Celestine Sibley is one of the South's natural wonders." --Pat Conroy, bestselling author of Prince of Tides "[Sibley's] regional voice lulls us with reassurances that decent country people will survive all--just so long as there are spunky heroines like Kate Mulcay around to fight the good fight for them." --The New York Times Book Review