With only her faith and fierce Custer pride by her side, Ariel Custer thinks she’s heading to Philadelphia to accept work as a librarian’s assistant, until she winds up in the small town of Glenside instead. There her life becomes inextricably linked with lonely dreamer Judson Granniss, his stubborn and tyrannical mother, a trouble-maker named Dick Smalley, incessant gum-chewing upstart Helena Boggs, and love thwarted Miss Emily Dillon. But she never guessed that all this would lead to murder. . .
From the Back Cover
“She was going forth to fight. She did not expect an easy way. But her Lord was with her, even unto the end.”
Ariel Custer thought—or at least hoped—she’d seen the last great upheaval in her life when she’s forced to leave her treasured childhood home in Virginia. With her fierce Custer pride and strong-willed faith by her side, Ariel heads to Philadelphia expecting to fill a vacant position as a librarian’s assistant. She ends up in the small town of Glenside instead.
There her life becomes inextricably linked with lonely dreamer Judson Granniss, his stubborn and tyrannical mother, a little troublemaker named Dick Smalley, incessant gum-chewing upstart Helena Boggs, and love-thwarted Miss Emily Dillon. But as Ariel tries to carve out a peaceful existence in Glenside and opens up to the idea of love, unexpected events thrust her into a murder investigation. . .as prime suspect.
Now Ariel is on the verge of the greatest upheaval of her life.