Even in sweltering June, there is plenty of work for Trade Ellis on her Arizona ranch, but right now her part-time P.I. practice is as dry as the desert- until bull rider J.B. Calendar marries a candy heiress who's crazy to turn cowgirl. Abigail Van Thiessen, nipped and tucked into great shape, has 32 years- and a few hundred million dollars- on her husband. So when she meets her untimely death on a romantic horseback trip with her newlywed stud, the cops suspect foul play. And J.B hires Trade to prove him innocent.

While plenty of people stood to gain from Abby's death - the ex-football star preacher she bankrolled, a half brother with his own millions, the topless dancer with a grudge, just for starters -  no suspect looks better than J.B., a boozing tomcat who's lucky with the ladies.  Until Trade learns about another murder in town the same night Abby died...a development that may bring the investigation - and Trade - to the very deadest of ends.