FROM THE REVIEWS- "Great plot with many twists and interesting characters, not your usual group. 1980's technology limitations complicate the plot as does the socioeconomics of the time."...says one review. "Nice larger 14 pt font for easy reading." Complex characters and plot, early 1980s American Suburban setting, A good old fashioned book. DESCRIPTION A massive flood threatens as the Christmas season dawns in the Houston/Galveston area. People living there don't expect a white Christmas but they hope for a dry Christmas. It is hot, humid and floodwaters everywhere have trapped people in inconvenient and dangerous situations. At a small specialty store in a high income community, a dozen or so people are trapped for 3 days and 2 nights. On the surface most appear to be strangers caught at random. Then there is a murder and it turns out the only real stranger among them is a detective whose presence is hardly coincidental. Set in 1982, this a traditional murder mystery and the first in a series featuring a 1980s detective who is the great grandson a famous Texas lawman from the 1900s. The free and easy 1980s are a sharp contrast to the world his ancestor lived in, but Lt. Sinclair Plate finds murder is just as common. Who is the killer and will more have to die? A mystery thriller set in 1983. 390 pages, 6 by 9 paperback, 14 pt. Font.