My name is Dovey Coe and I reckon it doโ't matter if you like me or not. Iโm here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. I aim to prove it, too. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the next person, but I didnโt kill him.
Dovey Coe says whatโs on her mind, so itโs no secret that she canโt stand Parnell Caraway. Parnell may be the son of the richest man in town, but heโs mean and snobby, and Dovey canโt stand the fact that heโs courting her sister, Caroline, or the way he treats her brother, Amos, as if he were stupid just because he canโt hear.
So when Parnell turns up dead, and Doveyโs in the room where his body is discovered, she soon finds herself on trial for murder. Can the outspoken Dovey sit still and trust a city slicker lawyer whoโs still wet behind the ears to get her out of the biggest mess of her life?