Lackey Ferguson met Melissa Hardin once, the morning he signed on to build a bath house at the Hardin's fancy Fort Worth home. Two minutes after Ferguson walked out, "Monkey-boy" Wilson walked in and blew her brains out. Now Lackey is suspect number one in a crooked investigation. His face is plastered across newspapers and TV screens...the parole board is hassling his crew...his fiancée's family wants to have a few words with him, punctuated by a tire iron...and a psychopath is still out there with his gruesome taste for twisted pleasures. Worst of all, Monkey-boy knows who Lackey is, and he wants something Lackey has—his fiancée. From Fort Worth's million-dollar homes to its seamy underworld, this riveting thriller of big money, corruption, illicit sex, and murderous deceit crackles with suspense and excitement—Texas style.