A torn sleeve, a bruised arm, and a lie.

A friend knocks on Cora Countryman's front door seeking help with the torn sleeve of her work dress, claiming she ripped it on a bush. As the town's seamstress, Cora has mended many a dress. So, when she sees a ragged tear in her friend's forearm and a bruise left by a thumb, Cora questions her friend's story. When Cora asks about the wounds, her friend is evasive. Worried by the lack of answers, Cora starts her own investigation.

When murder is done, Cora won't give in, back down, or submit to the behavior expected of a young lady in 1876 in a burgeoning Illinois prairie town. Why should she, she never expected to stay. That is until her mother abandoned her, leaving her heavily in debt, her reputation on the line, and the drudgery of a boarding house to run for one boarder.

Her intended life of mystery and adventure never seemed so far away.

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