Box One of Two — Pamela Dean

Violet Merryweather once said, May you be remembered how you see yourself on your very best day. Silver screen star Violet Merryweather has one mission before she dies: find out who killed her lover. After years of sleuthing, she's gathered all the evidence. But she's run out of time. Now she's leaving the job in the hands of two strangers to finish.Heather meets all sorts of interesting elderly people cleaning rooms at Serenity Falls, but none were as intriguing as Violet. Eccentric on her best days and two slices short of a loaf on most, Violet is unforgettable. Now she's dead, and she's left Heather a box with cryptic instructions to fly to Los Angeles. Heather's certain it's a mistake. But what could it hurt? It might just lead to something...life changing.Vince mowed Violet's lawn when he was fourteen and saving money to pursue a career in baseball. Years later, he's running his sick father's auto shop, his baseball dreams sidelined, when Violet pops back into his life via a letter from her attorney. Now he's at the airport, about to meet a girl named Heather, who's holding a box just like his.As Vince and Heather race to solve a decades-old mystery, they discover that love-like clues-is sometimes found in the most unexpected places.