R.P. Dahlke - Dead Red 03 - A Dead Red Oleander

When a late in the season emergency forces Lalla Bains to accept a greenhorn ag pilot for her dad's cropdusting business, she sighs in relief. After all, he comes highly recommended, his physical is spotless, and with a name of Dewey Treat, what could possibly go wrong?Then her quirky relatives arrive from Texas, and things go south in a hurry: Dewey Treat drops dead, his tearful widow claims he was murdered, clobbers Sheriff Caleb Stone with his own gun, and makes a run for it. Lalla, convinced the widow is innocent, sets out to prove it—against the express wishes of fiancé Caleb Stone.Feds, local law, suspicious ag pilots, nutso relatives, and her daddy's new sidekick, Bruce the goat, make life a living hell for Lalla. Will her nosy nature solve the crime and save the day—or put them all in mortal danger?