The truth is a bitter pill...This year has been a lousy one for Renne Harlow. She had a handsome husband, a good job, and a renovated condominium in Chicago. Now, she is divorced, works as a journalist for a local newspaper and lives in the small town of Morrisville, above the garage, in her mother's house. On top of all this, she found the local pharmacist, Doc Hellecky, dead. And worst of all, he's the third body she's come across in the past year. Jake Bristol has lived in Morrisville his whole life. The former bad boy turned sheriff doesn't believe Renne's problem is bad luck or bad timing. The last thing he needs is for Renne to pry into his murder investigations by writing articles for the Morrisville Gazette. But as they delve into the circumstances of Doc's death, they realize that ends meet do not converge. This isn't a robbery gone wrong or the work of a desperate drug addict. Someone has a secret for which they are ready to kill. The only question is who will be next?