Heartwood (Broché)

Deaf Smith, Texas, a small town with problems... Lawyer Billy Bob Holland's friend and neighbour, luckless ex-rodeo rider Wilbur Pickett, has been framed for the theft of $300, 000 -worth of bearer bonds stolen from Earl Deitrich. Deitrich is the local boy made good, rich, but dirty, and he doesn't care who he hurts on his way to the stop. When Wilbur's wife kills a man in self-defense, she too finds herself threatened with the local lock-up -and worse besides, thanks to a deputy who wouldn't think twice about sexually harassing a blind woman. It's up Billy Bob to tie down Deitrich and his henchmen -including the local sheriff, who cannot afford to be impartial, not if he wants to keep his job.