Embroiled in a tight race for reelection, Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas, must ferret out the murderer of the beautiful and somewhat wild wife of one of the local citizens.

Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas, is called to the Beauty Shack to find young Lynn Ashton murdered with a hair dryer. The owner said Lynn had gone to the salon late to meet a client, but no one knows who that client was. Since she was known to flirt, an angry wife or jilted lover might have had something to do with Lynn's death. Or was the killer a client who had confided something that was best kept secret?

Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes returns to action after eccentric Bud Turley's discovery of a large tooth purported to belong to Bigfoot leads to the murder of Bud's closest friend.

"Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college campus in Clearview. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests a student, Ike Terrell, who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father is Able Terrell, a survivalist who has withdrawn from society and lives in a gated compound. He's not happy...