Roberts, Nora: Carolina Moon

Tory Bodeen grew up in a small, rundown house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt -- and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. But she had Hope -- who lived in the big house and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn't allowed to be at home: a child. After Hope's brutal murder, unsolved to this day, Tory's life began to fall apart. And now, as she returns to the tiny town of Progress, South Carolina, she is determined to find a measure of peace and free herself from the haunting visions of that terrible night.