" And don’t look for anything out of the law around here,” she said. “The Cowgills and the Leapers is kin to the sheriff. No justice in these parts. It’s every man for hisself.”

“But as the saying goes, if you can’t get justice,” Mrs. Dowdel remarked, “get even. "

― Richard Peck , A Season of Gifts (A Long Way from Chicago, #3)