New York Times Bestselling Author< /b>< P>Irene Stenson had fled Dunsley, California, after her parents' murder-suicide on a long-ago summer night. Now an urgent e-mail from her high-school best friend has summoned her back. The bestselling author of < I>Falling Awake< /I> presents a fascinating novel of old ties and new entanglements, small-town secrets and scandal brought to light.