Sheriff Thad Marlow is looking for a murderer, a murderer who may be looking to kill again. The small town of Ottawa, Kansas, is in an uproar; the citizens just want the murders to stop. It has been one bad thing after the other ever since that blonde arrived in town claiming everything Old Emma Fisher used to own. And, there are some that think the sheriff is giving that damn nutty kid with the shifty eyes and slow wit, too much rope.

     Someone’s home will be destroyed, and another murder will be done in the middle of town, in bright sunlight, on a warm summer morning. The town’s people are afraid for their lives with all the terrible things going on, and they are asking for blood even if it isn’t the real murderer’s blood.

     A group of old men who play detective in a restaurant situated at the edge of Ottawa, will take part in the arrest of a bumbling taxi driver, and a fumbling old man and his new friend will bring the end to the murderers trail of blood.

     And wouldn’t you know, love blooms during all of this mayhem.