Velma Saunders was the meanest woman in Tobias, North Carolina. Everybody was a little afraid of her. Except her boss, Mayor Mike Ellis who was a lot afraid of her. Still, the whole town is shocked when Velma’s body is found in the Municipal Building’s old bomb shelter. The only clue to her murderer is a copy of a cryptic message from a Nigerian Email scammer. All the evidence points to Mayor Mike, who’s charged with killing Velma.
It’s up to Investigator Ian Dodge, a British transplant who’s never quite taken root in the Deep South,sets out to find out who else hated Velma enough to kill her. In the course of his investigation, Ian discovers the dark secrets Velma has been hiding all these years, and exactly why she was so mean.
