Best-selling author Barbara Delinsky, best known for her steamy romance stories, expands her talent in this scintillating mystery set in the small New Hampshire town of Middle River. Residents are certain Grace Metalious Peyton Place is based on their townthe two main characters are eerily similar to Annie Barnes grandmother and motherand they resent Metalious sharing of their most scandalous secrets. But when her mother dies suddenly of mysterious causes and her sister Phoebe suffers from the same symptoms, Annie feels compelled to investigate.