Spring knocks on Kate Stevens’s door with the promise of the renewal of life and hope as she prepares for the publication of her second book, and the blooming azalea garden at the home of a well known judge seems the perfect photographic backdrop. Little does Kate realize that the pastoral setting is about to take a macabre twist of fate. When a gardener unearths a tragedy hidden for decades, Kate and her best friend and neighbor, Vivi Lawrence, set out to solve the mystery. Who is this apparent victim of violence? How long has he languished unknown beneath the Texas sod? Dead men may indeed tell no tales, but Kate and Vivi are determined to hear the truthful testimony of the azalea bones.