Just finished a Dorothea Benton Frank book, Pawley's Island. A very enjoyable read. It was predictable, but humorous, well-paced, very much the typical Frank family-relationship-story set in the Carolinas w/ S Carolina a "character" in the story. I read a couple chapters the first night and finished the book the second night, a compelling read.
Two middle age women, strangers to each other at first, discover that their lives have similarities. One, a lawyer, who, because of some tragic circumstances, has "retired" from the profession. The other woman has recently been served divorce papers by a husband who had become a person she didn't "know" in the last two years and turned her children against her and had had a judge award their house and custody of their teen-age children to him. Abigail, the lawyer, smells a rat and begins to check out the husband. There are assorted quirky Sourhern personalities who add humor. It is predictable, but entertaining nonetheless.
I've read 4 or 5 of hers and have especially enjoyed Sullivan Island and Shem Creek.
Jean