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In appearance, Felix Narrow was hardly what you’d call a detective, but whenever he was assigned a case, he usually pulled through, often with a good deal of luck. This blazing hot afternoon, he had to pack up, leave the bustle of Austin, and head to a remote town called Wilshire. A local farmer had died just weeks after inheriting two-million dollars. “It was an accident,” the locals said. The sheriff closed the case quickly; the coroner found nothing suspicious. All the notable residents of Wilshire mourned politely and called it “a tragic loss.” But Mark Larry, head of Larry