The number one suspect in the Fort Worth police investigation into the murder of Marissa Hardin, Lackey Ferguson, the carpenter Marissa had met with the morning of her death, is determined to find the real killer
A. W. "Bill" Gray, a native Texan, has drawn critical acclaim for his crime novels, most of which feature Texas crime lawyer Bino Phillips. He is also the author of the true-crime book Poisoned Dreams. Gray also writes courtroom dramas under the pseudonym Sarah Gregory, Crosland Brown, William Gray, and Jeffrey Ames.
Lackey Ferguson met Marissa Hardin once, the morning he signed on to build a bathhouse at the Hardins' fancy Fort Worth home. But when Marissa is found brutally murdered, Lackey becomes the number one suspect in a trumped-up case, while a sexual psychopath runs loose. Desperate to find the real killer, Lackey must evade arrest while keeping an eye on his fiancée—who may just be the killer's next target.