Jake Walker a 66-year-old Vietnam Veteran, former POW, recently a widower, and a retired SWAT Team Commander from the Houston, Texas Police Department moves to the small town of Rockriver, Texas hoping to find peace and quiet. When he was reading the local city Sunday newspaper, he learned about a 40-year-old murder of a prominent businessman and his son. No one has ever been charged with the crime. The local sheriff's department is not sure if it was a murder or murder-suicide. There is a 30,000 thousand-dollar reward for information leading to an arrest for the crime. Jake, along with an old former Marine turned chicken farmer and a good friend of Jake's; retired FBI Special Agent Chet Davis team and investigates the crime. Jake meets Camy Jo Parker the business manager of the local newspaper and along the way; they fall in love with each other. Jake is persuaded to accept the interim job of the county sheriff. The first day on the job as sheriff, a man is discovered murdered along a country road. Jake, along with his three deputies investigate the murder, One of the deputies, Stella Riveria, is the first female and Hispanic hired by the County Sheriff's Department.
| Author: Jerry Snodgrass |
| Publisher: Outskirts Press |
| Publication Date: Aug 23, 2018 |
| Number of Pages: 274 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1977201083 |
| ISBN-13: 9781977201089 |
