In a North Carolina winter, new vistas appear through the
bare trees. For Elizabeth Goodweather of Full Circle Farm,
still a newcomer after more than twenty years, one
terrible glimpse ignites a mystery that reaches back years
into these hills, drawing together dozens of seemingly
unconnected lives. Elizabeth sees a frail old woman on a
high porch where dolls hang by twine. When the woman
jumps, and Elizabeth reacts, there is no turning back. Nola Barrett’s ancient, sprawling house is spewing a dark
past: of depravity, scandal and murder. Her land is at the
center of multiple mysteries, ranging from a suspicious
death to the brutal rape of a young woman to the legend of
a handsome youth hanged for murder. But with Nola
recovering from her self-inflicted wounds, Elizabeth has
inherited her mad, violent drama—while a killer has a
perfect view of it all.…
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