James Lee Burke

Defense attorney Billy Bob Holland comes up against ruthless local kingpin Earl Dietrich when he takes on the case of Wilbur Pickett, accused of stealing $300,000 in bearer bonds from Dietrich's office.

Heartwood

Jan Jackson

Excellent. A tale of small town rivalries and histories set against the larger tale of such things as The Alamo. Casually violent in the same way as Cormac McCarthys ‘Blood Meridian’ but without the incessant grind of it. I enjoyed the mythology, too.

Heartwood

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