The Judas Steer

the long version

Three years ago Aubrey Fox's husband, a Pittsburg County Undersherriff, was discovered in a remote pasture, dead from an unknown assailant's bullet. With few clues and even fewer leads, his case went cold. Aubrey was left to morn as best she could, a loss made even greater for lack of closure. Who killed Mark and why? Meanwhile, life went on with two teenagers and a herd of cattle to feed. When the local sheriff pays an unexpected visit and hints that someone higher up has reopened her husband's case, Aubrey begins her own investigation. What she finds on his computer casts a wide net of involvement, but who pulled the trigger? Who would believe the results would render the face of organized crime in the United States as wearing a Stetson and hand-tooled Lucchese boots.