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Black Gold, Red Hands
Hardcover
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Brandon Thomason
Published: Apr 14 2026
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Black Gold, Red Hands is a psychological thriller set in the brutal oilfields of West Texas, where the rigs never stop moving, the dust never fully settles, and some sins rise back through the ground no matter how deep they are buried.
Caleb Hawk Henson survived the Well explosion, but survival did not save him. Years later, he is a broken former crew chief haunted by the men who died, the fire he could not stop, and the voice that still cuts through radio static with one accusation: You lit it. When a new oilfield disaster mirrors the tragedy that destroyed his life, Caleb is pulled back into a world of corporate lies, buried evidence, and psychological manipulation designed to make men doubt their own memories.
Deputy Eli Ward has spent years learning how truth gets buried in Ransom County. He knows the oilfield protects its own. He also knows justice can be dangerous when the people in power own the story. As Ward begins connecting Caleb's unraveling to WestCor Energy, Dr. Charles Kettering, and a string of deaths disguised as accidents, both men are forced toward choices that will stain them beyond repair.
Bleak, atmospheric, and morally charged, Black Gold, Red Hands blends psychological suspense, West Texas noir, oilfield grit, and trauma-driven mystery into a story about guilt, corruption, memory, and consequence. In this land, oil is not the only thing that stains.
The oil runs deep. So does the guilt.
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