Runner-up 3

Evelyn waved cheerfully to Bonner as he climbed out of the cab. She could have been another of those tacky garden gnomes for all of the plastic sincerity in her bright smile. There was venom just behind that smile, but it was well disguised. She was, after all, the wife of a politician.

By Erica Jolley-Meers

April 5, 2008