I really, really loved this one! Grace Davenport has just lost her third husband, and she's accused of his murder. Saying she's innocent doesn't do much good in the town where everyone already believes her guilty. She was arguing with him in public before he disappeared, so...what is any self-respecting frontier town supposed to do?
Brock Daniels gave up arguing criminal cases when he lost the last one and his best friend as a consequence. He's not about to do it again–except he's Grace's only chance. And her twelve-year-old son Jesse isn't about to let him sit in the wings, hiring him with an entire fortune of fifty-six cents.