This welcome addition to Crider's well-liked series finds strange things afoot in Blacklin County, Texas. One fine morning, a local man named Bud Turley strolls into Sheriff Rhodes' station holding a gargantuan tooth. Soon Bigfoot hysteria spreads through town.

In Clearview, Texas, three murders occur while a dispute rages between the local historical society and the Sons and Daughters of Texas over some town artifacts. Sheriff Dan Rhodes tries to determine if there is a connection.

In Texas, Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Blacklin County finds a bullet-riddled body in a portable lavatory floating down the river and the youths who used it for target practice claim they didn't know anyone was inside. The dead man is identified as the owner of a local hardware store who had chained himself to a discount store to protest unfair competition. By the author of Booked for a Hanging.

In Texas, where high school football is as important as religion, Sheriff Dan Rhodes investigates a murder after a championship game. The victim was the home team's offensive coach and there is no end of suspects, from an oddsmaker to a jealous husband, and there is also talk of steroids. By the author of Murder Most Fowl.

"Life is never easy for Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Even in a small Texas county, there's always something going on for a sheriff to look into, whether it's an attempted robbery, a marijuana patch guarded by an alligator, or a murder. This time the murdered man seems to be connected to a string of recent burglaries, but just how isn't easy to figure out. It takes some time and another murder before Sheriff Rhodes discovers the answers. Survivors Will Be Shot...

When Sheriff Rhodes is asked to join the Clearview Barbershop Chorus, he suspects there's an ulterior motive, because he can't sing a note. Fortunately, his detecting skills hit all the right notes.