By the Rivers of Babylon

They moved South and found their paradise. No one told them about the snake.

In Glickman's most recent novel and her sole contemporary one, a Jewish couple from Boston inherit a house on Sweetgrass Island, South Carolina. Perpetual misfit Joe worries he and Abigail will feel out of place, but they decide to try the island and maybe make it their permanent home. At first, things couldn't go better. The island is magical, and even the locals, who are typically distrustful of strangers, welcome them with open arms.

But some seem to take friendliness too far. Joe is used to his lovely wife's effect on people and trusts her to stay faithful, but he is unprepared for the hold celebrated pit master and notorious womanizer Billy Euston has on her. Joe's overly-trusting nature may be his biggest fault, as a tragic mistake sweeps through his life, leaving everything broken in its wake.