Wade Dalton And Sam Cates Mysteries

After the body of teenager Rachel Chastain is discovered in the national forest, the town of Evergreen is surprised and shocked. What's even more surprising are the secrets the victim left behind. Sheriff Sam Cates is called in to investigate, along with her fiancé, Wade Dalton. Soon, connections with Rachel and people in high places come to light. Something is not right in this small town. But who could have wanted to murder the young woman, and for what reason?

Rattlesnakes interrupt the poker game at Wade’s lodge, leaving several people dead. After one of the surviving players gets murdered at the hospital, Wade gets on the case. Suspects range from the hospital nurse to an old foe, Woody. Wade has his hands full in this race against time to catch the killer. But who was the intended victim, and who wanted them dead?

Murder can lead you down an unexpected path. When Wade and Mindy find a body in a deer stand, the trek to find the killer begins. But neither of them could have imagined where it would lead them: the dangerous Atchafalaya Basin. While tracking the killer, the two have to fight off alligators, moccasins, and a black panther. Can they find the person responsible and bring him to justice?