Events
In the shadow of a boulder on Oklahoma’s Big Rock Prairie, a squirrel hunter discovers a charred skeleton in a homemade charcoal kiln. Johnston County deputy Hannah Bond and Chickasaw Lighthorse police sergeant Bill Maytubby are called to the scene and identify the victim as a Chickasaw man from a nearby town. What begins as the search for a killer soon throws Maytubby and Bond into the deep end of a conspiracy that puts everyone at risk. As they lead a manhunt through moonlit backroads and blackjack thickets, they must quickly decipher the murderer’s next move before it’s too late.
Kris’ 2017 debut crime novel Nail’s Crossing, from Blackstone Publishing, was a USA Today bestseller. Subsequent novels in the Chickasaw Nation Mysteries include Greasy Bend (2019), Butcher Pen Road (2021), and Ten-Acre Rock (July 2023). He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.