The Rock Hole

About this book

In 1964 farmer and part-time Constable Ned Parker combine forces with John Washington the almost mythical black deputy sheriff from nearby Paris to track down a disturbed individual who is rapidly becoming a threat to the entire small Texas community of Center Springs. When Ned is summoned to a hot cornfield one morning to examine the remains of a tortured bird dog he finds a dark presence in their quiet community. A farmer by trade Ned is usually confident when it comes to handling moonshiners drunks and domestic disputes. But the animal atrocities turn to murder and the investigation spins beyond his abilities. After a dizzying series of twists eccentric characters and dead-ends Neds friend cranky Judge O.C. Rains is forced to contact the FBI. Worse sinister warnings that his family has been targeted by the killer lead Ned to the startling discovery that he knows the murderer very well. After th