Iron Valley

The best lawman in West Texas just became its biggest mystery.Sheriff Ray Tubbs has worn the star in Iron Valley County for thirty-one years. At dawn, his prisoner transport is found abandoned on a remote county road—doors open, engine running, two dead men in the caliche, and the cage standing empty.The sheriff is gone. So is his prisoner: a bookkeeper carrying nine years of secrets belonging to an outlaw motorcycle club.Texas Rangers Wade Colter and Elena Vega are assigned to the case—and to each other. He's a veteran investigator who reads liars as easily as he reads the land. She’s a former tactical officer determined to prove a bullet didn’t end her career. Together they must confront the question no one in Iron Valley wants to consider: Was Tubbs taken—or did he run?The evidence is starting to talk—and the story it tells begins four years ago, with a girl who disappeared. Every answer points somewhere darker. Every lead implicates someone Tubbs trusted. And if no one took the sheriff, Colter and Vega are hunting a lawman who knows every road, every secret… and every move they’ll make.A tense, atmospheric West Texas thriller where the land keeps track, the law keeps secrets, and loyalty can get you killed. Perfect for fans of C.J. Box, Craig Johnson, and Yellowstone.