Her real name was Vicky Hustin, but to the people of Big Hominy she would always be ''that uppity mountain gal, that piece of hill trash who thinks sheâs so high and mighty.'' And when her ex-husband was found brutally murdered, they had still another name for her: Man-killer!
They also had a name for someone like Wade Calhoun, who dared to believe in Vickyâs innocence. Crazy, thatâs what he was. Shell-shocked from the war, probably. Just ignore him till the trialâs over and that no-good galâs had her comeuppance on the gallows!
But Wade Calhoun wasnât giving up that easily. Heâd turn up the one bit of evidence the town couldnât ignore. Because even if it meant pitting his life against that of a killer, he was determined once and for all to balance the scales of Big Hominyâs justice!