Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown

On the day Thatcher Hutton arrives in Foley, Texas, a local woman goes missing. Thatcher becomes the prime suspect. Standing between him and exoneration are a corrupt mayor, a crooked sheriff, and a young widow named Laurel Plummer. 

As violence erupts, Thatcher and Laurel find themselves on opposite sides of a moonshine war, where blood flows as freely as whiskey.