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Underneath the squeaky clean surface of the town of McWhorter, Kentucky, lies a secret club. Controlled by Jock, the town's mayor, this club decides the fate of McWhorter over servings of sausage gravy and cathead biscuits during Tuesday morning breakfast meetings. No one who dares cross Jock survives long. So…

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It takes place in a small town in Kentucky. The town is run by the 'old boys' network. When a local housewife decides to run for mayor neither she nor the mayor have any idea what a hornets nest is stirred up in town. Tuesday Club members are all the sudden dying. A local trooper moves back to town and is given the task of looking into the deaths. He picks up his relationship with his long time love. As the investigation moves forward a feisty FBI agent comes to town and Trooper Daniel Brooks has to reassess his relationship.…

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