What We're Listening To: Abby

The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard. Unabridged Audiobook read by Tavia Gilbert.

This is the story of Jody Linder who's father was killed and mother assumed killed when she was three years old. Her father, Hugh Jay was the oldest child of the wealthy Linder family in Rose, Kansas. Justice is swift in this murder case as
Billy Crosby an angry, wife-beating drunk is sent away for the crime. Billy's long suffering wife Valentina and young son, Collin remain in Rose though residents and classmates shun them. Jody is a couple years younger than Collin so they see each other over the years in school only managing to speak to one another once or twice. But after 23 years in jail and thanks to Collin who is now a lawyer, Billy's sentence is commuted and he is released from prison because of the flimsy evidence that he was convicted on. Collin knew his father was not guilty of this crime and could not in good conscience let this injustice stand no matter how unsavory a character his father was. When Billy returns to Rose more angry than ever innocents are murdered and the truth is revealed in a suprising turn of events.