S is for Silence (Broché)

In July 1953 Violet Sullivan, a local good-time girl living in Serena Station, California, drives in her brand new Chevy, leaving behind her husband and young daughter Daisy. Violet is never seen again. Now, thirty-five years later, Daisy wants closure. Reluctant to open such an old, cold case, Kinsey Millhone agrees to spend five days investigating, believing at first that Violet simply moved on to pastures new. But a lot of people shared a past with Violet, one that some are still desperate to keep hidden. And in a town as close-knit as Serena there aren't many places to hide when things turn vicious...