A Long Shadow

Meg Smyth, former investigative reporter for a large Chicago daily newspaper, moved to the small Midwestern town of Bramble, where she is now the publication's advice columnist. She lives in a small house on Cottage Row along a small lake. Small town life is slow, peaceful, and just what Meg needs after the stress of big-city living. Bramble is in the midst of celebrating its Heritage Week-a traditional celebration combined with Independence Day each year. This year, 1999-the last before the calendar turns to 2000-includes the grand opening of the village's community center. An art show is the featured event. But murder rocks the village and overshadows the event.

A Long Shadow is the third book in the Bramble Mystery trilogy. All three books are independent of one another, and take place in the town of Bramble. The same characters return in each-except, of course, those who have been murdered or hauled off to jail.