Dirt

Some things refuse to stay buried.

Attorney Skyler Ashford thought starting her own law firm would mean escaping the ghosts of her first year in practice. Then a dead black kitten appears on her doorstep like a macabre omen-and an eccentric new client arrives with a family feud involving a stolen corpse, a rushed cremation, and one very questionable urn.

Meanwhile, a Central Valley farmer needs help selling his almond orchard to a water district. What begins as a routine land deal leads Skyle...