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Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction (Southwestern Writers Collection Series)

By Bill Cunningham , Steven L. Davis , Rollo K. Newsom

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0292717377, 9780292717374, 9780292794818
LCC
PS558.T4 L667 2007
Open Library ID
OL10293638M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2673069 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
282\283
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This sampler of Texas-based mystery fiction features 30 top writers who have set their sights on the Lone Star State. Among them are Nevada Barr, James Crumley, Jim Thompson, Steven Saylor, Jesse Sublett, Ben Rehder, Susan Wittig Albert, Kinky Friedman, David L. Lindsey, D. R. Meredith, Joe R. Lansdale, Walter Mosley, Carolyn Hart, Rick Riordan, Jeff Abbott, and Mary Willis Walker. Texas makes a great setting for crime fiction. In addition to criminal elements and the unpredictable weather Texas sleuths confront a variety of natural hazards: mountain lions, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, fire ants, alligators, mosquitoes, and killer bees.

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