Gracie Evans wasn't the only one upset when the Locked Rock, Iowa newspaper editor wanted
to compete with big city papers by starting a gossip column. Appearing in the gossip column
wasn't the way Locked Rock citizens wanted to find themselves in print. That didn't stop the
newspaper from selling more copies, because everyone had to find out if they were in the
gossip column each week. Shortly after two women were mentioned in the gossip column
they were murdered. Gracie Evans suspects a mouse trap drummer who has been going
door to door. He has an eye for pretty young women, but Gracie doesn't have proof that he
murdered the women. Who wanted to punish the women mentioned in the column by
murdering them?