"After receiving an unexpected gift following her college graduation, aspiring journalist Adele Plank returns to the Pacific Northwest's beautiful and isolated sea and shores landscape of the San Juan Islands, where she soon finds herself immersed in the shocking mystery of a young woman's brutal murder. The deathly discovery rocks the island community, stirring doubts about their new sheriff, and turning old friends into new rivals. Adele must determine who she can trust, and who she cannot, even as a mysterious stranger provides her a critical clue."--Page [4] of cover.