With the arrival of warm weather, life should be great for J. W. Jackson and his wife, Zee. Something's wrong, though. A recent murder has J.W. wondering if the killer is still free on the island. And Zee seems curiously distant from J.W. and the kids . . .
Philip R. Craig grew up on a small cattle ranch near Durango, Colorado, before going off to college at Boston University, where he was an All-American fencer. He earned his M.F.A. at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. A recently retired professor of English at Wheelock College in Boston, he and his wife Shirley now live year-round on Martha's Vineyard.