Summertown is a quiet, friendly little village where everyone knows everyone else and the latest gossip is shared at the local coffee shop. When the Stone and Shirazi families have a wedding the whole town turns out for a reception no one will forget. When someone speculates which girl might catch the eye of the handsome, single, young Deputy Marshal everyone places their bet in a town-wide pool. But we soon discover that even the quietest of places can hold ugly secrets, and Summertown has a deadly one.