If you loved Landman or Yellowstone, try The Lease by Alan Ray Winkley. It's a Texas oil thriller built on the same pressure points: land, mineral rights, powerful families and what people will do to protect them. It's set on the Gulf Coast in Brazoria County instead of the Permian Basin or Montana.
Why fans of these shows pick up The Lease
- If you like Landman: it's a landman-and-oilfield story at heart. Leases, title chains and wells are what drive the plot.
- If you like Yellowstone: old family power, land that's worth killing for, and loyalties that cut both ways.
- If you like Bloodline: a Gulf Coast setting, family secrets and a past that won't stay buried.
- If you like The Pelican Brief: ordinary people pulling a thread that powerful men want left alone.
What it's about, in one line
A man is found dead beside an abandoned Brazoria County oil well at 2:17 a.m., and the 1987 lease hidden nearby leads Jack and Kate Mercer into a secret worth far more than oil.
How to read it
Kindle ($9.99, free with Kindle Unlimited), paperback ($24.99) or hardcover, all on Amazon.
New to oil-patch lingo? Start with the oil and gas lease glossary.
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