City Clerk Donald Dingle is a pest. He’s a tightwad with the city budget and criticizes the police department to the point that Police Chief Elizabeth Friedman would love to see him retire. And she did mean retire, not expire.

When he dies soon after having stents implanted, it’s natural to wonder why he didn’t recover. When the reason becomes apparent, people in town wonder if they’re safe in the hospital.

Then some of the pointing fingers aim at Medical Examiner Skelly, a good friend of the police department Dingle wanted to abolish. Chief Elizabeth Friedman has her hands full. She has to tread on some important toes to find the answers.

Even if her department lands on its  feet, can the hospital and her friends there do the same? And how long does a small town survive without its hospital?

Join the quirky characters of Logland, Illinois.

Amazon Review: If you read the end first, as some people do, you will cheat yourself out of a good who-done-it and the fun of figuring it out.