About the Book In the placid village of Liberty, Nebraska, everything on the surface is simple. It's a tight-knit community and the streets are safe. From the outside, families like the Kennedy's are perfect exemplars of their little community. Otis Kennedy, the patriarch, serves as the small town's legal kingpin and good-old-boy extraordinaire. His son, Layne, is a dedicated mortician and single father doing his best to make ends meet for his daughter,...