Gideon Pomeroy Series, Vol. 2 by Shel Damsky Attorney Gideon Pomeroy's Adirondack zoning case takes a bad turn when local officials become belligerent, local zoning hearings adopt astonishing procedures, and local judges give new meaning to the word "hostile." When people start to die, Gideon wonders if he made an unwise decision in coming to what has become a very dangerous place.