Leasing is a cheap way to get the use of land... Until the checks get too high. Then, murder becomes a negotiating tactic.When farmers get murdered, Wade looks at the money trail. One is the lease of the hunting rights to the farms soon after the murders. When he digs further, he finds another kind of lease: oil rights.There is a connection between the deaths and the families who hold rights to the land. But can Wade find it? Jim Riley was born on the banks of the Cane River in Natchitoches, LA, the heart of the southern cotton patch. Growing up in this rural setting developed the love and passion he has for the outdoors and for the wildlife he hunted.After graduation from Louisiana State University with a degree in Industrial Engineering, Jim worked in the oilfield for more than twenty years. Now he is happy at home in South Louisiana with his wife. A series of mystery short stories by Jim Riley.
