Christie Phetteplace

The President's House Christie Phetteplace

A well-publicized emotional breakdown in the Shop-n-Save isn't Caroline Parker's finest moment. Faced with nothing but an empty nest, a rusty marriage and wicked pre-menopausal hormones, it's all she can do to get out of bed. But when her mysterious new neighbor goes missing without a trace Carri seems to be the only person bold enough to question the circumstances. Thirty years earlier, good fortune befalls Walter Carrington lll with his father's untimely death. Poised to take over as President of Mapleton College, he vows to overcome anything-or anyone-that stands in his way. The two story lines alternate as the actions of a reprehensible man blinded by power reverberate through the decades to affect an increasingly twisted mystery. In this comical yet intricately woven depiction of small town life, Carri and her old flame Detective Jim Perkins must work against the clock to solve the case before it's too late.