Fresh out of Georgia college in the summer of 1961, Becky Taylor aims to prove to her mother she can survive in the world on her own. Determined to become a journalist and start a life away from her New Jersey family, especially her older sister Amelia, she lands a job as a junior reporter for the Farmstead Gazette.Unfortunately, her happy news is shadowed by the death of someone she dearly loved. Despite her grief, Becky befriends the Mudhogs' handsome first baseman, Joseph Tonti, and Becky's heart is seemingly on the mend. But it isn't long until she's caught in the middle of a series of murders targeting people she has interviewed for the Gazette, turning her little world upside down. Can Becky survive the unfolding events of her new home long enough to reveal the truth? And can she ever truly find her way home?