INROADS: The Killing of Callie Shane

THREE TEXAS FAMILIES, strangers, until their lives intersect in tragedy.
Rebecca Grant is no stranger to loss and grief. For twenty years, she has practiced as a funeral director in the small Texas town of Sparrows Cove. Two years ago, tragedy and loss became intensely personal. Rebecca’s teenage daughter Callie was killed in a convenience store robbery in Houston.
Mac McKeon is a successful Austin businessman, a real estate broker specializing in ranch sales. His wife Catherine, a woman of influence, is considering a run for governor. Among Mac’s clients is a couple who is more than eager to sell their ranch. The Donovans are desperate — for cash and for justice. Their son is on death row, convicted in the murder of Callie Shane.
But Emma and Lester Donovan are not the only desperate parents. Callie’s father is a tortured man, consumed by grief. Substance abuse fuels Russell Shane’s desperation and stokes his rage at anyone attempting to delay the execution of Jude Donovan or anyone with the power to stay it.