Suggestion of Death

Jim Dorman, a laid off reporter in the Texas hill country, can't pay his child support. When he's summoned to court for nonsupport, the first thing the judge does is read a Suggestion of Death into the record for a man who failed to appear. The judge tells the next man that his children would be better off if he were dead. When Jim steps up for his turn, the judge tells him to get a job or go to jail. At his next court appearance the judge reads another Suggestion of Death into the record, sparking Jim's curiosity. He begins researching and discovers a number of men who have been cited for nonsupport have died suspicious deaths. When an informant winds up murdered and stuffed in a trunk, and strange mishaps befall Jim, he figures he'd better find out who's behind it all before he ends up the next dead dad.