The Rock Hole (Texas Red River Mysteries, Bk. 1)

When your family's safety is threatened, what wouldn't you do to protect them?

Lamar County, Texas: Summer 1964. Life is idyllic for ten-year-old Top Parker, who has come to live with his grandparents in the rural community of Center Springs. Yet while Top runs the woods and countryside with his near-twin cousin, Pepper, hes grandpa Ned—also known as Constable Ned Parker—witnesses the spreading menace of deranged killer.

Local news sources tag the budding serial killer "The Skinner," and the label is chillingly accurate. Beginning with the torture and killing of small animals, the monster quickly moves to humans, displaying their mutilated corpses as gruesome trophies. Constable Ned is convinced that a vendetta is involved, and though the reason behind it is murky, he can no longer deny that something horrific and dangerous is heading for the Parkers. Now the law can't help him, and he must use whatever means necessary to protect himself and his family.