"As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the North Carolina countryside"--Provided by publisher. A messy murder case involving migrant farm laborers tests the new, married, rural life that Judge Deborah Knott shares with her husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant and his eight-year-old son Cal.