Murder Most Politic

Sitting in the witness chair in her canary yellow suit and pearl necklace, Hazel Roundtree Callahan looks more like a plump little grandmother than a wily politician. But looks can be deceiving, as District Attorney Andrew Hollis quickly learns when the silver-haired Mrs. Callahan takes the stand in the murder trial of her personal secretary, Miss Lydia Applewhite. Not only is Hollis out-maneuvered by hotshot defense lawyer Princeton Wainwright III, but he is also ill prepared for the shocking testimony of his star witness. Did Lydia Applewhite intend to kill Hazel’s husband when she plunged a barbecue fork into Sen. Blake Callahan’s stomach, or was it simply a horrible accident as the grieving widow claims. It’s up to the citizens of the sleepy Southern town of Nuisance to decide whether the beautiful Miss Applewhite is a cold blooded killer or simply a woman wrongly caught in the steel jaws of justice.