In his fourth novel in the Max Howard Series, Fischer G. Hayes takes his readers on another adventure in the life and times of Texas Hill Country rancher, Max Howard. Starting with a call from an elderly neighbor seeking his help, Max is once again confronted with the evilness of others toward the most defenseless in the County - the elderly. From the greed of Fran Pape's heirs for her twenty-five hundred acre ranch to the larceny in the heart of a local attorney, Max feels obligated to get involved and solve a murder when everyone else turns a blind eye, including the local Sheriff.If you like mysteries where the good guy must solve the crime with just his wits to rely on, this is your kind of read. That's all Max Howard has. He's an aging rancher with an old sense of values in a rapidly changing world. He has no police experience, no authority, few friends in the Sheriff's Department, and like life itself, his approach to solving the crime is haphazard, messy, and full of false starts.