Pete Melancon, following his dismissal from the New Orleans Police Department, reluctantly took the position of chief of police in Orton in East Texas, a town of about 10,000 people. As he told friends back in the Big Easy, this would be piece of cake; no real crime, just the day-in, day-out tedium of small town law enforcement. He was dead wrong!
The book had the reader guessing from the beginning until the the very satisfying ending. Almost a comical ending for those with a more cynical sense of humor.