[Bonnie's Second Act 01] • An Elegant Death in Hastings

At fifty-three, Bonnie revels in her ‘second act.’ She quit her life in St. Louis, moved back to Hastings on Hudson, opened a café with her best friend Ruth, and became a reluctant multimillionaire. After twenty-five soul-sucking years as a social worker, Bonnie embraces family fun and joy. Ruth and her brilliant daughter are as much her family as the elderly aunts who delight in all mischief-related things.

Her friend Liliana tells Bonnie she has something important to discuss and then is found dead. Bonnie does not doubt that her friend’s new, verbally abusive jerk of a husband, Hank, is to blame.

The police don’t think so.

Bonnie refuses to color inside the lines anymore. Too many times in her old life, rule-following led to injustice.

This time, she’s all in, digging, conniving, and unearthing buried secrets. She’s putting people on edge, and edgy people are volatile. How far will she go to make Hank pay?