Autographed by the author. Tessa Treslow never wanted a small town life. As soon as she graduated high school, she happily escaped her tiny town to join the U.S. Army, leaving New Oslo, Idaho, population 852, firmly behind her. Twenty years later, the hometown hero is finally ready to come back - even if she has just a visit with loved ones in mind while her family is hoping to convince her to stay for good. With her fawn boxer dog, Vince in tow, Tessa falls into the unsettlingly familiar small town life, helping out at her family’s general store and her feisty Aunt Edna’s auto body shop. But her peaceful homecoming is suddenly shattered when the dead body of a crooked con man turns up in her aunt’s shop, and the police have some serious questions for the family.