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Wichita Falls Wildcatter: A Cali Rhodes Cozy Travel Mystery
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 21 2025
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Digital archivist Cali Rhodes has steered her high-tech van, The Wanderer, into the heart of North Texas oil country for a simple job: digitize the crumbling maps of the North Texas Oil & Gas Museum. But within minutes of arriving in Wichita Falls, the job turns deadly.
When a massive antique drilling rig collapses and kills the museum's curator right in front of her, the authorities call it a tragic accident due to dry rot. Cali hears something else: the snap of a bolt sheared on purpose.
The curator was the guardian of a century-old secret-the true location of the Phantom Derrick, a legendary well hidden beneath the city's public park. Now, ruthless energy tycoon Robert Malcolm is moving in to drill, and he's willing to erase history-and anyone standing in his way-to claim the black gold for himself.
Teaming up with Jax Wyatt, a rugged local geologist with a deep knowledge of the rock and a grudge against corporate greed, Cali plunges into a mystery as thick as the Texas red clay. To find the missing 1919 survey that can stop Malcolm, they must decode clues hidden in the World's Littlest Skyscraper, survive a blinding haboob, and pull off a daring heist in a rusted pipe graveyard.
With a pressurized oil reservoir ticking like a time bomb beneath the city playground, Cali must prove that the past is never truly dead... before she becomes a footnote in history herself.
Wichita Falls Wildcatter is the tenth book in the Cali Rhodes Cozy Travel Mystery series. If you like smart sleuths, van life adventures, and mysteries rich with local history and atmosphere, you'll love Alexis Childers' latest ride.
Buy Wichita Falls Wildcatter to unearth the truth today!
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