Passing Through Paradise/Susan Wigg/419 pages

Sandra Winslow is a children's book author and the widow of a politician who died in a tragic and suspicious automobile accident which Sandra survived. She cannot recall the circumstances of the accident or how she survived and soon becomes the leading suspect and a pariah in the town of Paradise. In order to flee from Paradise she must restore and sell her beach house, the only asset she retained following her husband's death. She meets Mike Malloy, a contractor who agrees to do the restoration for her despite his doubts about her innocence.  Wiggs brings all her characters and their problems to life and keeps her readers entranced until the last page.