How to do this without a spoiler?
Well, I'll go into the atmosphere. An elderly, congenial man approaches a real estate agent in a Mayberry RFD sort of town.
This man looks like he could be the mayor of Mayberry, but he isn't the mayor here. He's a visitor, and he tells the real estate agent that he is looking for a certain kind of house, and one really caught his eye.
It's for sale, but at a price over ten times the market price.
Not a bit dissuaded, this congenial man approaches the owner who won't budge a bit on her price.
He tries to win her over, but she remains cold to his smiles.
She has an affection for the house. Her wayward son was killed there long ago by his partner in crime. She tells a story to the visitor, treating him as a guest, but never bending a bit in her price for the house.
There's more to the story, but, well, that's the "twist". Very well written and very well thought out.
Well, I'll go into the atmosphere. An elderly, congenial man approaches a real estate agent in a Mayberry RFD sort of town.
This man looks like he could be the mayor of Mayberry, but he isn't the mayor here. He's a visitor, and he tells the real estate agent that he is looking for a certain kind of house, and one really caught his eye.
It's for sale, but at a price over ten times the market price.
Not a bit dissuaded, this congenial man approaches the owner who won't budge a bit on her price.
He tries to win her over, but she remains cold to his smiles.
She has an affection for the house. Her wayward son was killed there long ago by his partner in crime. She tells a story to the visitor, treating him as a guest, but never bending a bit in her price for the house.
There's more to the story, but, well, that's the "twist". Very well written and very well thought out.