Hired to follow the vanishing trail of Sandy--the graddaughter of, and power behind, Texas timber tycoon Macomber Beechum--after she disappears, P.I. Dan Roman finds himself involved in a case of execution-style murder
Librarian note: Dates taken from the Find a Grave website for a Hardie Edward Mathis who died in 1988. There are six works published under the Edward Mathis name between 1988 and 1992 though.