The Sins of Summer Daughter by Lo Patrick

From acclaimed author Lo Patrick comes a searing southern mystery perfect for fans of William Kent Kreuger and Angie Kim, following a young woman who has been accused of murder and the grandmother bent on discovering the truth.

Meg Gregory never wanted to return to Tuskin, the small Georgia town that is as nothing as the barren fields that surround it. But after her divorce left her wounded, she knew she had to quit running. Now, years later, as Meg watches her daughter and granddaughter navigate familiar dirt roads, Meg is bent on hiding from the memories that haunt her. Because she left Tuskin for a reason, and that reason runs deep.

But when Meg's quiet, unassuming granddaughter Lucy is suddenly charged with the murder of her boyfriend, everything changes. Meg knows Lucy couldn't have done it. Killing a boy will break a girl like that, Meg should know. Meg's seen it happen before.

As Meg fights for Lucy's innocence, memories from the past threaten to break free, and Meg is left to contemplate a different murder, a different dead boy, a different summer in Tuskin. And soon enough she isn't quite sure what is memory and who, in all of this, is innocent after all.