Ben Rehder

In Blanco County, Texas, game warden John Marlin has his peaceful life turned upside down by the disappearance of the womanizing treasurer of the local Rotary Club, the explosion of a drug house, the theft of an exotic car, and murder.

In the week before the start of deer-hunting season, game warden John Marlin has his hands full with poaching complaints, but when a call comes in that a man dressed in a deer costume has been shot, John opens an investigation and learns the death was not an accident.