Mister Bigmouth

What should have been a wonderful anniversary weekend forIrene McKenzie took a tragic turn when she was targetedfor a purse snatching by a young man. The crime turnedviolent as she resisted the robber, who battered her to theground in an attack that left her comatose for decades. It was amajor crime at the time, but the investigation stalled because ofless-than-ideal police work. Many years later, after Irene s death, thelocal newspaper strangely refused to report her death in anythingbut a paid obituary from her grieving family. Their obit took a shot atthe Sheriff s Department for being unable or unwilling to solve thecrime. The accusation infuriated a politically ambitious sheriff whoexpects his top investigator, Detective Lieutenant Ida Mae Rollins,to solve a cold case clouded by secrecy, lies and past corruptionby the former sheriff. Ida digs for the truth after hearing the appealsof Irene s grown children, including a son troubled by alcoholismand fears he may have inspired the purse snatching. She finallyuncovers a possible reason the newspaper refused to do follow-upnews coverage of a purse snatching that turned deadly.