When vagrants are slashed to death on the outskirts of a small West Virginia town, the townspeople are upset and the sheriff does what he can to solve the crimes with little to go on. But when the son of a wealthy businessman is murdered, the town is in a frenzy clamoring for justice. Jake Hamlin, the sheriff, has problems at home and is being pressured to solve this murder before it taints a business deal between Lexington Steel and Cook Construction. The pressure and tension slowly build in this thriller until the explosive end. This is book no one should miss.