Noble Deeds

While visiting her mother at the hospital Molly gets drawn into solving the decades-old murder of Cathy Locke found dead in her home on the night of a wild neighborhood party. She was thirteen. Molly is recruited by her moms hospital roommate Lucinda. She is Cathys mother and although she suffers from a mysterious possibly terminal illness her spirit is strong and through cryptic clues and a strange lullaby she persuades Molly to find answers. But Molly has her own issues to deal with in the small town of Hickok and has few resources available to her... that is until an incident with a shopping cart provides her with an unexpected intro to an enigmatic Scotsman by the name of Quinn. He is a highly successful well-connected oilman but keeps that information to himself when confronted with sparkling green eyes curly brown hair and an infectious ribald sense of humor.One place in town that Molly can be sure to find a reality check is Strange Brew. Lissy the owner is a purveyor of fine designer coffees specializing in lattes and mochas for every occasion. A no-nonsense shoot from the hip snarky barista Molly relies on her to speak the truth keep her honest and feed her breakfast.And then theres Eric Lentz the former cop who is tough terse tenacious and in love with Lucinda Locke. Not that anyone knows it of course... not even Lucinda. A missed opportunity so long ago but hes never stopped trying to solve Cathys murder.So the good guys delve into the riddle ask questions and poke around. This makes someone very nervous and things begin to spin out of control. The only way to stop the killer is to unravel the mysterious cold case and time is running out... maybe permanently.