Compton Hill is a small New England town. Country roads are lined with beautiful trees and large farmhouse-style houses, each with picture-perfect porches to sit and relax watching the sunrise or sunsets during the many seasons and often adorned with decorations marking the seasons or holidays. Everywhere one looks, the Town of Compton Hill provides a warm and contented lifestyle as many small New England towns can boast.

        The Compton Hill Town Complex is the Hub of the small town, providing services such as police, fire station, town administration, senior center, and children's playground. The serene landscaping of the Town Complex projects a feeling of calm, serenity, and safety.

 Detective Eric Robbins is a new addition to Compton Hill at his wife's insistence following his retirement from the New York City police department. The Detective is looking for a nice, quiet position in the police department to keep him busy now that he is retired. However, beneath the town's exterior lurk secrets of abuse and murder. Detective Eric Robbins and the residents of Compton Hill are suddenly made aware of the many secrets hidden in Compton Hill following the murder of one of the town's upstanding citizens.

Detective Robbins is forced to work with two young police officers to investigate the crime, meet the residents, and uncover the long-buried secrets while keeping his past hidden.

Do you really know your neighbors and community members? While this book was conceived through imagination and is a complete work of fiction, it may make you wonder.