The Most Dreadful Witness is a novel about two ill-matched guardian angels who've been given the task of looking after a hard drinking college professor. The setting is a small college town in western Kansas, and the professor in question is a psychology professor. Woody Pickens is married, has two children, and a good job. But he also has a drinking problem that is steadily dragging him down. Doug "Salty" Anderson, the senior guardian angel, has been on the job for fourteen years. He's a former professional rodeo cowboy from Texas, and a military officer who was killed in action in Vietnam....