Jackson Bass is an attorney, a business litigator, who has practiced in Texas and California. He has specialized in financially troubled insurance companies and related entities. He now divides his time between Corpus Christi, Texas and the Hayward Lakes Area of Wisconsin. He explores financial and political intrigue, how seemingly normal people can become enmeshed, one small step at a time, in webs of deceit and crime. By the time they realize their predicament, murder seems a rational move.