This engaging mystery, with a real-life twist, follows three generations of women as they discover who is murdering people in their sleepy coastal California town. Lana, the estranged matriarch, is undergoing treatment for cancer and convalescing at the home of her daughter, Beth, and teenage granddaughter, Jack. Despite Lana’s illness, these strong women come together to uncover a web of lies, family vendettas and land disputes while learning to depend on each other.
 
Debut novelist Nina Simon has been a NASA engineer, slam poet, mystery game designer, museum director and global nonprofit founder. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and on National Public Radio (NPR).