Hill Street Blues: The Final Season by Daniel Travanti
Rest In Peace A trilogy of murder, eroticism and suspense/thriller. Book Two: Changes / Volume 2 Sloan's life of poverty reaches its peak, with homelessness now added to pennilessness. To keep her sanity, she refuses to think about the fire that took her family. After all and quite by accident, she snags a millionaire; how much better can that get? Had she stayed around long enough, she would have been a witness to the murders that were soon to rock her small town. Clay Chadsworth, the single, highly sought-after millionaire, is overly excited to introduce Sloan to his father Phillip and his grandmother Lydia Chadsworth; but Lydia has a short time to live and carries a dreadful secret that must be told. When Clay finds out what his grandmother has kept from him he vows to right the wrong, but he does not realize that by doing so, he is committing a crime far worse than hers. Clay waits the necessary time before marrying Sloan. The ceremony is beautiful. But the reception is not what the social circle anticipated. Shortly after the wedding, Lydia discovers something about Sloan that cannot be revealed. Upon Lydia's pleading, Sloan promises to keep that conversation just between them, but has no idea why. Lydia dies carrying that secret to her grave. When her will is read many are astounded. Harriet, the psychic and bed partner of the sheriff, discovers she is pregnant. She rushes through a marriage before giving birth, but after several weeks she realizes she loves another. She cannot continue to live the life she is living, until she tells the two people she loves most the secrets she has been keeping from them. Before long Phillip discovers the worst news possible, something that cannot be kept from his boy, Clay. What Clay is told, he refuses to believe. Lies and deceits mount. There is no turning back.
