A Place Like Hessberg — Charles Fleet

Nothing's more ruthless than a big man in a small town...

He'll do anything to get what he wants. Anything. And no one in town will stop him. He owns the police and he owns the coroner. He can get a murder turned into an "accidental death" with no trouble at all.

And when something gets in his way he eliminates it. Without regret and without remorse. No one can touch him. He's the big man in town.

And big men fall the hardest.