A 2015 Independent Publishers Book Award winner follows Detective Edith Swift as she cuts her maternity leave short when she finds a dead man in a secluded Wisconsin park. It's almost a relief to return to the less shaky ground of police work. During her investigation Edie finds a wall of silence in the tight lipped rural community surrounding the park. Yet her dogged persistence pays off with one thin lead. Backtracking between Madison and rural Dane County Edie picks up hints that there is more to this crime than one vicious murder. But the demands of motherhood are competing for her time...