Valuable land, oil, and murder make strange bedfellows. WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Summer 2021 - Best Crime Fiction Denny McConnell, Private Investigator, is hired to research the deeds, land swaps, and old lawsuits regarding Texas ranchland and oil, the rights to which are now disputed by Wendy Axtell Shearer. Obstacles develop, in part, because of Wendy's charming but flawed character. Denny puts to good use his engineering skills, and becomes entangled in the bitter family feud that includes murder, mayhem, and lies. Now, he has to stay alive long enough to untangle this deadly mess. EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS an entertaining, intriguing romp by one private investigator through some deadly wheeling and dealing in the Great State of Texas.