Audio Book Description:
In 1970, one of Mississippi`s more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the supriseand dismay of many, ownershipwas assumed by a twenty-three-year-old college dropout named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until ayoung mother was brutally rapedand murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynorreported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper.The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clayton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when thedefendant threatened revenge against thejurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty and he was sentenced to a life in prison.But in Mississippi in 1970, "life" didn`t necessarily mean"life," and nineyears later Danny Padgitt managed to gethimselfparoled. He returned to FordCounty, and the retribution began.
