Evil lives close, sometimes inside ourselves. Guilt destroys. Zoey DiMeo fights inner demons. When her successful business crashes and her truck driver husband is forced to go back to work, the guilt overwhelms her. Her kids are away at college, and he is gone for days at a time, leaving Zoey home alone. She has no one for company except her pet mini pig and her herd of farm pigs. And the voice in her head that is determined to destroy her. All Zoey wants is to hide on her farm and lick her wounds. She can handle things on her own. She doesn't need people. When she finds the brutally murdered body of a young woman on her farm, the outside world she has been hiding from crashes in. Betrayal cuts deep. The sheriff in charge of the investigation is Zoey's one time best-friend, now worst enemy. Her brutal betrayal years ago started Zoey's downward mental spiral. She is the last person Zoey wants to work with. The sheriff quickly wraps up the case, but Zoey knows she has the wrong man. Can a pig farmer turned detective really catch a killer? Evil lives close. When Zoey goes looking for clues, she finds another body. Someone evil lives in her small town, lurks on her farm. When that evil targets her as his next victim, she must face her past and have the courage to trust others or be killed. Does she have the inner-strength to conquer the evil in her own mind? Can she stare into the face of the evil of mankind and come out alive?A riveting look inside mental illness and the power of redemption.A poignantly written tale of facing darkness and coming into the light.