In the early 1980s, a stranger by the name of Kenny Collins moves to Down East Maine--a place rooted in the traditions of those who were born and bred there, and meets Mary Bagley, a woman who knows all too well the insidious nature of certain locals. Between drug dealings, blackmailing, and wild outbursts, Kenny becomes the subject of the rumor mill, and local state trooper, Harry Circus, does everything in his power to stop the cycle of abuse.

In the second book of the Harry Circus Mystery series, Across the Singing Bridge, E.D. Ward explores the boundaries of class in eastern Maine, and the tragedies that occur when outsiders try to become insiders.