Mayhem is at its bawdy best in Lizard Flats， a town lousy with gamblers， fornicators and misfits， a rowdy band either doomed to damnation or ripe for salvation -- depending on the point of view . . . With the news that their first honest-to-goodness preacher is coming the whole town is in a stir， including Leticia Murphy， the only whore left at the White Dove Saloon. What they don t know is that the good reverend is actually a rake on the run from a cluster of angry widows， disgraced virgins and their aggrieved men. But before he gets to dupe this town full of sinners， he meets his Maker in Letty s bed the very day he arrives. In her line of work， Letty has known a lot of men， but never has she had one die on her. As sure as the sun sets in the west， she ll be hanged for killing a man of the cloth. But miracles come in all shapes and sizes， and to Letty s desperate eyes， salvation is sitting at the bar downstairs. Eulis Potter may be the town s grave digger and resident drunk， but he knows where to hide a body and fits nicely into the preacher s clothes. With a bath and a shave and a Bible in his hands， maybe even a no-account cur like Eulis can hoodwink the town while getting back on the straight and narrow， and give Lizard Flats the redemption it needs.