#8 in the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. In small town Texas "Friday Night Lights", Rhodes is the man in the middle as the pressure to solve a murder conflicts with the pressure not to disrupt the football schedule.Dan Rhodes series - Football fever has swept Clearview, Texas. Probably the only citizen whose enthusiasm is tempered a bit is Sheriff Dan Rhodes. He wants the team to win, but he knows this kind of local frenzy can lead to problems. What Rhodes doesn't expect is murder, but that's what he gets when the team's offensive coordinator is found with a bullet hole in his head. The clues are slim, and the suspects slimmer. The whole case changes when a local gambler is also murdered, and the town fathers pressure Rhodes to solve both cases before the next big game.