Not sure how to rate this. I tend to prefer my crime fiction a little grittier, full of people who are more broken in a grey world, whereas this is all sisterly snuggles, organic farming, and slowly unfolding romance with a chiseled army vet. But I do think that it seems like a well-executed exemplar of this different style of crime fiction. The crime in question is an interesting one and I think the author is completely accurate in her characterization of a town that doubles down to defend a beloved local hero in the face of mounting evidence of his habitual abuse. I would have liked to know about the fallout in the town after the trial—not everyone would have even believed it, and of those who did a fair few would have claimed it didn’t matter. Hello, Donald trump. What happens to the town in those circumstances?