No pockets in a shroud

The city of Colton is corrupt to its very foundations. Surrounded by lies, Mike Dolan wants to print the truth. He quits his job on THE TIMES-GAZETTE and founds COSMOPOLITE with borrowed money. In his unsparing zeal to expose the city's criminals, he risks sudden death with each issue. Author Horace McCoy (1897-1955) was considered one of the great 20th-century American writers.