Bounty hunter Frank Knott is on his way to San Antonio in search of a fugitive when he stops in Dallas to visit a former Marine Corps buddy. Frank quickly discovers his old friend is not the same reliable guy he trusted at Camp Lejeune. Over the next two weeks, Frank's no-nonsense approach to life is tested to the limits as he gets a close gritty view of a modern-day lawless Lone Star State. This is the first in the Frank Knott crime/adventure series.

Private investigator Frank Knott goes undercover at a government agency in El Paso trying to discover who has been leaking sensitive information to a criminal enterprise. The first person Frank meets in the West Texas town is a surly motel clerk, an older woman depressed and unhappy over being stuck in what she considers a dead-end life. Although the meeting is brief, it portends what awaits him in the desert region where violence has claimed the lives of countless innocents and untold outlaws since the town was settled in 1680. As Frank goes about his mission, he quickly learns that...

Private investigator Frank Knott is the kind of guy you want on your side when you've got troubles. Provided you are on the right side of the law. Frank doesn't entertain matters on a gray scale; he sees everything in black and white. And the actions he takes for the sake of justice are never reversible. In this fourth book of the series, the character starts out wanting to keep a positive attitude while building a legitimate business. But then hell delivers a punch in the gut -- the kind that triggers an explosion of emotions within Frank --and the bodies start piling up.