When Lee hires a free-spirited employee with a tie-dyed, troubled past, she discovers that even the counter-culture can conceal a killer As much as the chocolate concoctions at TenHuis can tantalize peoples tongues, Lees newest hire is more likely to make them wag. Forsythia Sissy Smith is the granddaughter of Warner Piers only remaining resident hippie, and lives out at the Moose Lodge—once an informal commune in the forest east of town. But the fact that Sissy is a third-generation flower child is the least of Lees concerns. The previous winter, Sissys husband, Buzz, was found shot to death, and local talk named Sissy the number one suspect. Even though her alibi was airtight, the gossips are still pointing their fingers at her. Lee sympathizes with the young woman—even more so when Buzzs dad, a tough retired Army colonel, threatens to sue Sissy for custody of her son.
