Puppet politics

the long version

"Midland attorney Sam Davis hates politics. But when a state senator is killed in an oilfield fire, Sam finds himself pressured by wife and family, by his friends and law partner, and especially by Texas Lieutenant Government Homer 'Whiskey' Williams to serve out the remainder of the senator's term. Sam's entry into politics comes at a time of political turmoil. Texas oil investors push for changes in state laws that regulate oil well drilling and a new technology called 'fracking.' Billions are at stake, murder is common, and Sam finds himself and his family helplessly entangled: a puppet with strings pulled by the powerful, Texas oil lobby"--