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An accidental drowning... or was it? Ed Brighton has sacrificed his marriage and just about everything else to buy and run a small-town newspaper. After months where the news highlights are fender-benders and service club meetings, the tragic death is front page stuff... but Ed suspects there is more to the story than the cops are willing to believe. He is joined in his investigation by a coffee buddy he suspects of being gay, and the woman he has secretly longed for... well, lusted after... for months. Ed, Kate and Chester encounter a full roster of oddball residents, many of them adding to the mystery. "The author's candid observations and playful writing — and yes, stop the press, there's some sex — hold your attention until the action heats up and the story races to a satisfying ending." - Jon Fear, Waterloo Region Record. "Recommended if you've been enjoying Terry Fallis, or wish someone would make you a 'just the fun bits' edit of some Robertson Davies." - Erin Bardua, on Goodreads