A Table by the Window

A Table by the Window by Lawana Blackwell. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780739453971.

From the dust Carley Reed has survived a troubled childhood, managing to create an orderly life for herself as a school-teacher in San Francisco. But her comfortable routine begins to unravel one January morning when a private investigator brings her news of a substantial inheritance--including a house in Mississippi--from a grandmother she can barely remember. Carley makes a trip to see the house for herself and the serenity of small-town living charms her into staying. Soon she realizes she has found the kind of life she always desired--including an exciting career opporrtunity and even sparks of romance--but its more than she bargained for when a mysterious murder threatens her newfound happiness.