Which eccentric cowboy in Stockton County branded Evan Sting on Shotner Hill, murdering the young man? This is what private eye Joe Boxford asks himself when he's hired by Evan's father Benny to find the murderer. Joe needs some help, and enlists the services of Tal Linear, owner of The Linear Bar. But sparks begin to fly between the two. As romance heats up between them, they attempt to solve the branding crime. As the suspects start to pile up and weird relationships unfold in West Stockton, Joe and Tal begin to unravel a heinous crime. That is, until Tal vanishes and Joe thinks his sleuth buddy is going to be the killer's next victim. Does Joe have the skills needed to be a hero and save Tal from the killer's secret agenda and solve the crime? Or will Joe fall flat on his face and lose his reputation as a private investigator as well as his new lover, Tal Linear?

Stockton County Cowboys Book

History of the man unfolded on the screen in front of me as I clicked keys, which was lazy work for a PI in my position. I used the necessary tools around me to produce answers to cases, though. What man in my field wouldn’t? God gave us Google for a reason and I manipulated it with skill.


Dash was a Mormon, the son of Betty and Harold Shore, and one of six boys: Dyle, Dendrick, Dallon, Dalvin, and Davis. He was thirty-three years old, looked much younger, and had the body of a jockish college student. Stud, sexy ox, and rugged rodeo champion came to mind as I studied the few pics of him online. He didn’t look like a simple man, but maybe he behaved like one, which I had to prove or disprove, whatever my future with the artist entailed.


Chapter 11