Money corrupts. Lots of money corrupts absolutely, especially in the oil boomtown of 1980s Houston, where greed and redemption stir up old secrets and new murders. When a low-rent lawyer saves a woman from drowning, her secrets ensnare himin a murder investigation that could cost him his practice, his family, and even his life. "Extraordinary... Graham's whispery, almost sing-song narration... morphs into a mesmerizing intimacy that makes Locke's riveting prose even more compelling."—Publishers Weekly