"Town Proper" is a story about life in a small town, an anything but proper, pristine town. Hidden deep beneath its cobblestone streets and quaint façade lies a network of greed and power. The reader meets characters who absorbed in the acquisition of personal gain are willing to pursue whatever avenues needed to indulge their appetites. Embezzlement of funds by the bank president; insurance fraud by real estate partners; art theft; murder; international gem trade; all find their way to the agenda of the town's leading citizens. Evil lights the street lamps of this small town, and it becomes something which threatens its very survival.