Mystery writer and Burnet, Texas resident, Cindy Lou Ruffino reads and signs from her two books:

Dead Xs in Texas
After fighting a crazed killer in Out of the Texas Mist, Cindy heads back home to end a bad marriage only to find she is in more trouble. Facing another challenge, Cindy finds herself being accused of her husband's death. Ready to just give up, she is surprised when Kinky Friedman shows up to pull her butt out of the fire once again. Once the two deputies from Kerr County join in, the case takes a few crazy turns including a few rogue FBI agents and Homeland Security. Things are not as they seem as one twist after another takes the group from Houston to Mexico and back to the Hill Country. How will Cindy and her Hill Country friends get out of the mess they have found themselves in?

Out of the Texas Mist
After waking up in a strange vehicle, Cindy realizes that she is in danger. Using her head, she escapes then runs for her life through the dark woods. Waking the next morning in a mist-covered field, she ends up on the doorstep of a familiar-looking man with no idea who she is or where she is at. With the help of this nice cowboy she finds out who she is, then finds out that she landed at the doorstep of her favorite author, Kinky Friedman. Together they try to find her kidnapper to clear her name once her cell phone is found in the hand of a badly mutilated woman. Once they discover the mutilated woman is just one of several, they begin to discover body after body as they get closer to finding the killer.