Payton's Place

Running from problems does not solve them. It only changes the setting, Payton Winters is quick to learn when she flees the ghosts surrounding her husband's murder in Minneapolis. In her new hometown of Sackets Harbor, NY, Noah Anderson latches onto her right away. And not in a good way. Years ago, Claire Baines ran also, by giving her son up for adoption. She watched Noah grow into a womanizer, cheat and blackmailer. In a heartrending moment, she decides that, to keep him from hurting anyone else, he's got to die. She bakes monkshood into his favorite chocolate cake. The next day, during the first meet of the Sackets Harbor Yacht Club, Noah pitches overboard, dead, and Claire's sanity takes a header. How could she have done this horrific thing to her only son? One place to buy monkshood is in Payton's new exotic plant shop. Unfortunately, she's got a motive to want him dead and becomes the prime suspect. Soon, an attempt is made on her life. Is it Claire trying to cover her deeds? Or is someone else intent on defiling Payton's reputation?