Across the state line, Toby Howard has become a shadow. He saved the family ranch, and his sons are living a life of security he never had. But the cost of that peace was his brother’s life and his own soul. He lives on the fringes, working a ranch under an assumed name, never staying in one place long enough to leave a footprint.
Two years after the investigation into the Texas Midlands Bank robberies went cold, Marcus Hamilton is finding that retirement is a slow-motion death. He spends his days on a porch in a town that doesn't need him, nursing a cold beer and a hot grudge. He still sees the face of Toby Howard in his dreams—not as a criminal, but as a ghost who got away with the perfect crime. subtitle Hell or High Water 2016
The peace is shattered when a new string of robberies begins. These aren't desperate men looking for mortgage payments; they are professional, violent, and leaving a trail of bodies that makes the Howard brothers look like choirboys. The targets? Every Texas Midlands branch that Toby didn't hit. Across the state line, Toby Howard has become a shadow
Marcus knows there’s only one man who understands the terrain and the bank's security well enough to help him stop the bloodshed. He doesn't go to the police. He goes to the ranch. He lives on the fringes, working a ranch