EJ and Willis Pugh aren't one of the more ordinary married couples in Black Cat Ridge, Texas. EJ writes romance novels, Willis washes the dishes. Willis works on the cars, EJ solves local homicides. But the latest murder mystery strikes much too close to home when Willis himself vanishes. EJ isn't sure if her couch potato hubby's disappearance is some kind of mid-life crisis romp or something far, far worse. But she won't rest until she knows for certain the fate of her missing spouse - following Willis' tracks to a corpse, a lovelorn redneck turkey trucker..... and a nasty mess of family secrets that could turn very deadly indeed.