The Perfect Victim

It was Monday morning when Al Jackson drove into Willow Creek,a hot, dusty little Midwest farmtown. Twenty-four hours later,Grace Amons, a local waitress unmarried and pregnant wasfound murdered; Al Jackson, whohad inflicted nothing worse on herthan a few old jokes, was accused ofrape and murder; and an ingeniousyoung killer was stirring up thetownspeople to make sure thatthe accused man never reached acourtroom alive.