Daring and impulsive, Laney McCall lived for the moment. And now she was dead. Her battered body had washed ashore in mist-enshrouded waters below desolate Crybaby Bridge. An accident, they said.

After months of misgivings, Laura Graham, Laney's cousin and lifelong friend, returns to their small hometown of Redpath, S.C., determined to find answers to questions that plague her. In what she assumed was the sheltering town of her childhood, Laura must come face to face with her irrational fear of Crybaby Bridge and the truth about her cousin's death.


“Ballard is a superb storyteller. What makes this book so good is not just the ingenuity of plot but the warming, familiar feeling that comes as her characters and her setting in South Carolina come alive.”
-- ---The Charlotte Observer

"“Suspenseful tale features Gothic atmosphere and a small-town Southern setting.” --- Booklist