Eye for an Eye

Claire Williams is widowed when her husband, the town sheriff, is murdered. She is offered his position through Widow's Succession and, after accepting, she sets about solving various crimes and mysteries. Nearly a year passes when notorious bank robber and murderer Simon Carlisle escapes from the local jail and begins to unleash a reign of terror upon the town of Ouabache, Indiana. Claire works to track Simon down and return him to jail, but each time she comes close, he escapes and his crimes grow increasingly worse. Can she stop him before he strikes again? Or should she resign from her position and let a man do the job?