Past Imperfect

Sometimes the past does not lie quietly in its grave.When private detectives Seth Augustine and Bethany Hale take a vacation to the picture-postcard village of Finn Hill in the Adirondacks in mid-December, they figure it'll be an opportunity for some down time-skiing, snowshoeing, and lots of basking in front of a wood fire or lounging together in the hot tub. But when a chance purchase in an antique store turns up a thirty-year-old note foretelling a murder, they realize that their...
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Sometimes the past does not lie quietly in its grave.When private detectives Seth Augustine and Bethany Hale take a vacation to the picture-postcard village of Finn Hill in the Adirondacks in mid-December, they figure it'll be an opportunity for some down time-skiing, snowshoeing, and lots of basking in front of a wood fire or lounging together in the hot tub. But when a chance purchase in an antique store turns up a thirty-year-old note foretelling a murder, they realize that their vacation might not be as relaxing as they'd hoped.The cryptic note, from a desperately unhappy high school student, explains that she's likely to be killed-because of what she overheard at the funeral of the school custodian. When Bethany and Seth find out that the student, Martha Darnell, did indeed die a week after the custodian's funeral, they realize that there might be some dark secrets hidden beneath Finn Hill's Christmas-card appearance.But the roots of the deaths have lain buried for thirty years. To uncover the truth, they'll have to pry into the secrets of the townspeople-at least some of whom are very, very reluctant to have the events of three decades ago come to light.