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Now an old woman, she returns to her family home in Puerto Pesar, Texas, with no family or friends. Around the same time, Paloma returns to the Texas home she grew up in to care for her grandma and reconnect with her teenage sister.

After seven wildly plotted and politically tinged novels - including his classic What A Carve Up! It's not always smooth sailing in this new direction, but there are riches to be found. Gill's Aunt Rosamond has died in Shropshire. Predeceased by her longtime companion Ruth and leaving no children, Rosamond has made Gill her executor. To Gill's surprise, a large part of Rosamond's estate has been left to someone called Imogen, a blind girl who Gill met only once 20 years previously.

After serving seventy years in prison for the murder of her sister, Eula, Della Lee has finally returned home to the Texas town of Puerto Pesar. She finds a willing audience in journalist Mick Anders, who is reeling after his suspension from a Boston newspaper and in town, reluctantly, to investigate a mysterious portrait of Eula that reportedly sheds tears. He crosses paths with Dr. Still wiping away tears! Before the Rain Falls is simultaneously heartbreaking, hopeful, and joyous: a story of complex characters with varied pasts and bright futures. Loved it! There is romance, mystery, and secrets that are kept till the very end that will have you not wanting this beautifully written story to end.

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