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Deborah Knott, an attorney attempting to infiltrate the old boy network of tobacco country by running for district judge, is distracted from the race, and almost eliminated, when she finds new evidence to an old small-town murder. With the help of her assistant, she is forced to uncover the truth about the victim and the killer.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Margaret Maron
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