Publisher's Synopsis
Called to a seemingly innocuous incident involving a parolee, Texas Ranger John Q finds himself investigating the murder of a motel owner and the disappearance of a young black woman in a 1960s Texas that's rife with prejudice, bigotry and darkness. What links an out-of-place hippy, an ambitious young oilman, a smalltown cop and a Pentecostal preacher to the disappearance of Martha Elgin?