Keaton Lacey is another friend Henry meets in the Dirty Shame Saloon in Tuscon while married to Claire. Lacey is mentioned throughout the novel, but little detail about her is given. Lacey has white hair and is an avid hunter. It is from Lacey that Henry first learns of the warden job at Turkey Creek Canyon. He is a Vietnam veteran who is fifty percent disabled, mentally. He is unstable, but it is Lacey who Henry hires as an assistant to help him at Turkey Creek Canyon. Lacey is good with his hands and helps Henry to revitalize the ranch at Turkey Creek. After Claire's death, Lacey eventually disappears to Mexico.