The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne

"Babs is a clear-eyed, ruthless grandmother who is the de facto ruler of her small, predominately Franco-American town in Maine. The town has seen better days, and when her control of the drug trade is usurped, everything comes crashing down. One daughter goes missing, the other daughter seeks the truth, and Babs makes a defiant final choice. Ron Currie creates compelling and complex female characters operating with cool logic in a morally corrupt world. Funny at times and entirely enthralling."