"Tom Newquist has died. A detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office, Tom was tough, honest, and respected by all. He was also a heavy drinker and a workaholic, much to his wife Selma's distress. And now that Tom is gone, Selma can't help but wonder what it really was that was troubling him. What made Tom so restless during the last six weeks of his life? Why was he up all night and brooding all day long? Whator whowas at the heart of his dark moods?...