Who Killed Carmen?

Who killed Carmen? That was the question being asked all over Cumbersome County, Mississippi and especially in the county seat of Maysville. And the number one suspect had to be her well-to-do estranged husband and recent lottery winner, Delbert Cantrell. But if local authorities had not been blinded by self-interests, it would have been obvious that dozens of Cumbersome County's citizens had sampled the favors of the murdered former beauty queen, and were themselves, suspects. There is no one less principled than a rural county sheriff about to stand for reelection, unless it is one of his half-witted deputies who thinks he can do a better job than the incumbent. Caught between political ambitions of Sheriff John Loudermilk and Deputy Harlan Haynes, the accused Cantrell realizes he must solve the murder himself. Cantrell has one thing going for him-he knows he is innocent. But he also knows that Sheriff Loudermilk and Deputy Harlan Haynes want the crime resolved before the election campaigns begin. This imperative makes the expectation that justice will be done altogether doubtful.