School of Hard Knocks

A daylight burglary turns to murder when Ginger Barnes's neighborhood friend returns home at the worst possible time. Thefts and threats and wild accusations swiftly follow, but it's the attack on elderly eccentric Letty MacNair that hammers the message home-anybody could be next. Some discreet inquiries by an experienced amateur sleuth might speed the investigation along, but this is Gin's safe haven we're talking about. Does she have something more daring in mind?