The economically depressed rural Kimmel County has one Law Enforcement Officer, Sheriff Leland Kelly. The Sheriff's office in downtown Kimmel also houses the town's jail and a front office where the Sheriff's secretary, Ruth, rules the phones. Recently, most of a woman was found just off a walking trail north of Kimmel. While returning from interviewing the usual suspects and other felons in his area, Sheriff Leland happened on an abandoned Mercedes, out Route 203, with its headlights shot out. Checking it out, he followed a trail of discarded clothing and broken branches 50 yards into the...

Part Two of the "Murders in Progress" trilogy. The mystery broadens as dark government entities emerge whom Sheriff Leland must survive for the safety of his town.