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Klappentext Emphasizing various Texas' mystery writers and the images they convey of the state's regions and cultures! this book provides an introduction to the literary genre and to Texas as a place in fiction. It features selections from the works of Kinky Friedman and Mary Willis Walker and some outsiders like Nevada Barr and Carolyn Hart. Zusammenfassung Emphasizing various Texas' mystery writers and the images they convey of the state's regions and cultures, this book provides an introduction to the literary genre and to Texas as a place in fiction. It features selections from the works of Kinky Friedman and Mary Willis Walker and some outsiders like Nevada Barr and Carolyn Hart. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: El Paso and West Texas Nevada Barr! Track of the Cat; Jim Sanderson! Camino del Rio; Nancy Herndon! Time Bombs; James Crumley! Bordersnakes; Allana Martin! Death of a Healing Woman; Jim Thompson! The Killer Inside Me Part 2: Austin and the Hill Country Steven Saylor! A Twist at the End; Jesse Sublett! The Rock Critic Murders; Ben Rehder! Buck Fever; Susan Wittig Albert! Rosemary Remembered; Kinky Friedman! Armadillos and Old Lace Part 3: Houston and the Gulf Coast David L. Lindsey! Heat from Another Sun; Neal Barrett! Jr.! Interstate Dreams; Ken Grissom! Drowned Man's Key; Gaylord Dold! Bay of Sorrows Part 4: Dallas! Fort Worth! and the Panhandle Doug J. Swanson! Umbrella Man; A. W. Gray! Prime Suspect; D. R. Meredith! The Sheriff and the Panhandle Murders Part 5: East Texas Joe R. Lansdale! The Two-Bear Mambo; Walter Mosley! Gone Fishin'; Susan Rogers Cooper! Funny as a Dead Relative Part 6: San Antonio and South Texas Carolyn Hart! Death on the River Walk; Rick Riordan! The Last King of Texas; J. S. Borthwick! The Case of the Hook-billed Kites; Rolando Hinojosa! Partners in Crime Part 7: Small Town Texas Bill Crider! Winning Can Be Murder; Paula Boyd! Hot Enough to Kill; Jeff Abbott! Do Unto Others; Clay Reynolds! Agatite Part 8: End of the Road Mary Willis Walker! The Red Scream ...
