Will It Require Pants

Canyon Wheaton, who is known as Canon, has been arrested for murder. Murder is a rare occurrence in this rural Illinois county. The sheriff and prosecutor call it an open and shut case. Paul Glasgow, Canon’s neighbor and lifelong friend, starts to assemble allies. The weekly paper printed a profile. A local attorney, Jordan Herndon, is in his first year of practice. The article noted he had yet to lose a criminal case but had only represented two criminal clients. Jordan was a student when Mr. Wheaton taught the library summer class on bugs, insects.

Stan Steinkrauss, a classmate of Wheaton’s and Glasgow’s, is a private investigator. He and Paul always saved Canon from harm and ridicule in school. They know Canon is not capable of murder, but the evidence is difficult to explain. Jordan Herndon and Stan Steinkrauss will unpack the open and shut case. Paul and his wife Rose must go back to the fields. It’s planting time. Even his friends and allies, acknowledge Canon Wheaton is a little weird.