After her mother passes away, Dr. Kerry Collar drives back to her home town of Crescent Cove, Nova Scotia to pack up her childhood home and get it ready to sell. When she arrives, the town faces the first murder it has seen in a long time and she works side by side with her childhood friend Detective Jake Halstead as the case unfolds. Over the course of two weeks, Kerry finds her making huge changes in her life, ultimatley coming to understand what it means to be home. This is a short, easy reading novel which follows the character through deep introsepction in a period of change amid a backdrop of small town Canada.