Frictional Characters

<p><strong>Small towns + gossip = friction</strong></p><p><br></p><p>No one in the town of Whitby North Carolina was excited when Jonas Merchant returned to town. Jonas was an effective muckraker; an expert at uncovering secrets rumors and undercurrents. Even worse he'd fallen on hard times and was desperate for easy cash. It was a decidedly dangerous combination.</p><p><br></p><p>It was perhaps not the biggest surprise when Jonas was discovered dead one day. More shocking at least to local librarian Ann Beckett was the fact that her straight-arrow director Wilson was one of the suspects in Jonas's death.</p><p><br></p><p>Will Ann be able to track down the killer and clear Wilson's name before he strikes again? </p>