When his sister puts out a distress call, Sheriff Braxton heads out of Cottonmouth to Goldstone, Nevada, never suspecting he’s going to have to offer advice to the lovelorn. A scary enough prospect, but when murder happens, he’s suddenly hip-deep in small-town secrets. Then there’s Simone Chandler. Is she the real thing, or, as with everything else in Goldstone, is she Fool’s Gold?