It's midnight in Granite Cove, and only the sea clams are open. Murder has changed the sleepy fishing village, and it's no ordinary killing. Beautiful, brainy Vivian Klinger, Ph.D., a woman too perfect for mere mortals, had everything but a sense of humor. Now she's dead, and local newspaper reporter Rose McNichols is determined to find her killer. Could it be prominent Granite Cove lawyer Spencer Farley, or his social-climber wife, Martha? Rose risks her life uncovering the truth and in the process, discovers secrets meant to stay buried. Granite Cove: Come for the chowder, stay for the murder . . .