Joey Green has returned to Beaufort, South Carolina, to look after his ailing father, who is succumbing to dementia. Marshall Green's short-term memory has all but evaporated, but his oldest memories are more vivid than ever. His mind keeps slipping backwards in time, retreating into long-ago yesterdays of growing up in Beaufort. At first this seems like a blessing, but Joey grows increasingly anxious as his father's hallucinatory arguments with figures from his youth begin to hint at deadly secrets. Resurfacing from decades past are mysteries that still have the power to change everything Joey thought he knew. Especially when a new murder brings the police to his door.-- Back cover.