Excerpt

"The Chief and Clarence went down the steps to the basement of the funeral home. There was a stench of chemicals in the air, even though an exhaust fan vented out into an alley behind the building. Up toward the front was a long stainless steel table with a floodlight over it. There was a sheet covering the body on the table, and Lester sat on a stool beside the table writing on a clipboard. He quickly glanced up when he heard footsteps on the stairs. 'Chief,' he yelled, 'I think I know how she died'..."

An insightful novel set in a small town in Mid-America during Great Depression, Hancock presents a strong sense of the history of the people who participate in this murder cum character study...a really good read!"