Reporter Walter G. Pratt's toughest story is dropped in his lap on the hottest day of the year. It's a story of blood, corruption, gangsters, betrayal and a missing $40,000. In the summer of 1933, the small town of Paradise, Indiana, is simmering with gossip, loss, and odd characters going about their usual business. There's nothing unusual there. Then the corpse of a stranger--a beautiful woman in a yellow ...Full description
Reporter Walter G. Pratt's toughest story is dropped in his lap on the hottest day of the year. It's a story of blood, corruption, gangsters, betrayal and a missing $40,000. In the summer of 1933, the small town of Paradise, Indiana, is simmering with gossip, loss, and odd characters going about their usual business. There's nothing unusual there. Then the corpse of a stranger--a beautiful woman in a yellow dress--is found at the city dump, nameless and discarded like yesterday's rubbish. Walter's vow to give her a name leads him down dusty country roads, to big-city speak-easies, and into danger. This is a story that will leave a lifetime of scars.