Welcome to Depot, Mississippi. You will see a town peppered with white picket fences, a church on almost every corner, and the most friendly, down-to-earth people around. If you stay long enough, you will feel right at home, but if you break the law, you will run into its best kept secret""the Garden Club. Depot's Garden Club was a group in plain sight and yet invisible at the same time. Whether one needed a cup of sugar, fashion advice, or help burying a body, you can always count on these women to keep the town running smoothly. If you don't believe it, just ask Maybelle Pickett. She was known for one thing and one thing only""gossip. In fact, she was downright good at it. If you wanted to know anything about anybody in her town, all you needed to do was sit on her front porch and rock a spell. There are always three sides to every story. In Depot, Mississippi, it depends on who you ask. If you want the facts, ask the townspeople. If you want a juicy story, ask Maybelle Pickett. But if you want the truth, you will need to wait for the rose.