Sweet and Deadly // Dead Dog — Charlaine Harris

Six months ago, Catherine Linton's parents were killed in a car accident.

Now, on a wilting hot day in the small town of Lowfield, Mississippi, Catherine finds the bloody body of her doctor-father's long-time nurse. Suddenly Catherine knows that her parents were murdered, too.

As she pulls herself from grief to rage, Catherine discovers that almost everyone in Lowfield is hiding a dark, damning secret. And one of these people, someone she's known her whole life, has a secret worth killing for.

When another body is found, Catherine realizes that she can't trust anyone--because she will probably be next ...