Someone is raping elderly women in the village of Dewledge Connecticut. The townsfolk are in fear. Things like this just don't happen in Dewledge. The residents are divided. Some want to start a police department of their own. The fiscal conservatives, worried about higher taxes want to keep relying on the State Police for protection. Liz Stone must find a way to bring the two groups together. With the help of her handsome single lawyer and her domineering grandmother, they fight to get the town council to approve plans for a new public safety department. Finding a serial rapist and fighting city hall is a daunting task but impossible is nothing for Liz. New Edition, edited and revised