<b><i>New York Times</i> bestseller<br> <br> <br>FOR TEN YEARS, HE TERRORIZED THEM WITHOUT MERCY... <br> <br></b>Ken McElroy robbed, raped, burned, shot, and maimed the citizens of Skidmore, Missouri, without conscience or remorse. Again and again, the law had failed to stop him. <br><b> <br>UNTIL THEY TOOK JUSTICE INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.<br></b>On July 10, 1981, Ken was shot to death on the main street of this small farming community. Forty-five people watched. No indictments were ever issued, no trial held...and the town of Skidmore protected the killers with silence. With this powerful, true-life account, Edgar Award-winning author Harry N. MacLean reveals what drove a community of everyday American citizens to commit murder...<br><b><i>IN BROAD DAYLIGHT</i><br> <br> <br> <br>"GRIPPING...excellent and disturbing...a fine and richly rewarding book."<br>--<i>The Washington Post Book World</i><br> <br>"FIRST-CLASS...Read and you may find yourself haunted."--<i>Houston Chronicle</i><br><i> </i><br>"A GUARANTEED PAGE-TURNER. [A] truly compelling...piece of reporting."--<i>Rocky Mountain News Sunday Magazine</i><br> <br> <br> <br>WITH 8 PAGES OF CHILLING PHOTOS</b>