Cleanin' Up: A Texas Crime Novel Hardcover – February 16, 2026

Maggie Fowler was never supposed to disappear.When she vanishes from her North Texas ranch, the ties to oil money, trucking contracts, and quiet political favors turn dangerous fast.Charlie Tabor knows the terrain. He knows the people. And he knows some crimes don’t happen in the dark. What begins as a missing-person case pulls him into a web hidden behind legitimate businesses, federal oversight, and institutions built to survive blame.As the search deepens, justice becomes negotiable, evidence disappears, and the truth has a very short shelf life. Bringing Maggie home means confronting the cost of loyalty — and whether survival is sometimes the only victory left.Cleanin’ Up is a Texas crime thriller about abduction, power, and the systems that decide what gets buried—and what doesn’t.Some messes don’t get cleaned up.They just get survived. Read more