Silent words

With her mother's last words still echoing in her ears, Tyler Jones, the San Francisco-based newspaper columnist and amateur sleuth introduced in The Other Side of Silence, journeys to the family home in northern Minnesota. Tyler, directed to "find the truth," has no inkling what truth it is she is supposed to search for in this idyllic haven perched on the edge of Lake Superior. One startling truth she uncovers is that she is deeply attached to this landscape of her childhood and ancestry. As Tyler attempts to fulfill her mother's deathbed wish, she unearths layer after layer of half-truths,…