The Lost Mayor

A favorite son of the small Midwestern town of Chasterton is found dead in the home of an old girlfriend, Kelly Mendoza. Grieving over the death of the former high school football star, the town and its leaders seek quick justice as Mendoza is charged with murder. Unable to find a suitable attorney who could defend her, Mendoza finally accepts the services of the seventy-six year old Kenneth Rees. Unbeknownst to his new client, Rees had once been Mayor of Chasterton during the turbulent Sixties, a civil rights crusader who aimed to forever change the troubled town. His failed stint as mayor would lead Rees down a long journey which, some fifty years later, ended up in the courthouse as a lead actor in the greatest trial in county history. What few then fathomed was the trial of Kelly Mendoza doubling as one of the town itself.