A double murder. A drifter is accused. A young girl defies the small-town community to defend him. "An absorbing suspense story with a stunning, most unusual solution."Mystery Writers of America Prize Winner"Emotion-packed...a tense Inner Sanctum yarn."Lewiston, Maine Journal"This taut mystery will hold you to the last page."Las Vegas Review Journal "It moves as easily as a scalpel...lively interest." -- Chicago Tribune