Jack Branch has returned to his father's Delta estate, Great Oaks, to perform an act of noblesse oblige by teaching at the local high school. Conducting a class on historical evil, Jack is shocked to discover that his unassuming student, Eddie, is the son of the "Coed Killer", a notorious local murderer. Jack feels compelled to mentor the boy, encourageing Eddie to examine his father's crime and using his own good name to open the doors that Eddie's...

"There's plenty about the grownup world that six-year-old Aoife doesn't understand. Like what happened to her big brother Theo and why her mama is in the hospital instead of home where she belongs. Uncle Donny says she just needs to be patient, but Aoife's sure her mama won't be able to come home until Aoife learns what really happened to her brother. The trouble is no one wants to talk about Theo because he was murdered. But by whom? With her imaginary...