Scare the light away

Summary: "Recently widowed Rebecca McKenzie, a successful Vancouver businesswoman, returns to small-town Hope River after an absence of 30 years to attend her mother<U+2019>s funeral. Estranged from her father and two older siblings, she<U+2019>s left a brutal childhood and a psychopathic grandfather behind. She expects her visit home to be short. but then she discovers the diaries written by her mother, a British war bride with a young baby who came to Canada to join a husband she scarcely knew. Rebecca (and the reader) find her heart wrung by her mother<U+2019>s story. Meanwhile, a young girl has gone missing, and the suspicions of the townspeople fall on Rebecca<U+2019>s handsome, charming brother Jimmy. Before long, violence threatens and Rebecca must put aside some long-held grievances to protect Jimmy and find the real killer."--Poisoned Pen Press.