Special prosecutor Joel Oliver was dead, murdered, and the guy with the solidest motive in Dalefort was Millard, the political boss who gave the law its orders.

It was up to Millard to supply the D.A. with someone to take the rap. And who would look better in the frame than the girl who had just walked out on Oliver?

She was a perfect lamb - ready for sacrifice on Frankie Millard's altar.