Forty Dead Men: An Alafair Tucker Mystery

Alafair Tucker's large Oklahoma farming family is pleased to have the oldest son, Gee Dub, back home in 1918, but as the mother of ten children, Alafair knows something is wrong. The Gee Dub who returned after fighting in France is not the son who left. He spends his days roaming the area, until he meets Holly Johnson, a young woman who traveled from Maine to find her missing husband, Daniel Johnson. Gee Dub becomes fascinated with Holly. When the local sheriff informs Holly her husband's body has been found, she shows him a picture of a different man. But, in tracking down Daniel, Gee Dub and Holly discover that he is already married. Soon after, Daniel is shot to death. Gee Dub, the main suspect, won't provide an alibi. However, Alafair will do anything to see that her oldest son doesn't go to prison for murder.