Hopemore, Georgia county magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough is
experiencing some of the weirdest weeks of her life,
weighing the cons and more cons of a strange animal in her
yard, the return of an old boyfriend, and of course, murder…
Folks in Hopemore don’t expect to find a buffalo grazing on
the front lawn. But that’s exactly what MacLaren discovers
early one autumn morning. The buffalo turns out to be the
campaign mascot for gubernatorial candidate Lance Bullock—
the son of a man Mac never expected, or wanted, to see
again. It’s a part of her life the judge would prefer to
keep hidden…especially from her husband.
But when the body of a local vagrant is found dead and all
signs point to the ex, Mac is caught in a murder
investigation that puts her right in the spotlight.
MacLaren Yarbrough is in serious danger of losing her
sanity—not to mention her husband ...