Like many major cities, Denver is beset by gang violence. A cop shouldn't let it get to him, shouldn't take it personally. But when Gabe Wager's cousin Julio is found shot in an alley, murdered after denying to Gabe that he was involved in anything, Wager has to find the secret the boy died to keep and why.
Rex Burns was born to a Navy family and travelled widely as a child. His earliest memory is of the Japanese invasion of Cheefoo (as it was called then) China, where he and his mother were threatened with beheading by a Japanese officer. Since then, he has always worn his hair cut short. Going to schools in Boston, Pensacola, Coronado (CA), San Francisco, Chincoteague (VA), Jacksonville (FL), Virginia Beach (VA) and other ports of call gave him a comprehensive, if chaotic, education which contributed to his penchant for telling tales. So far these have reached 19 books--of which "The Alvarez Journal" won an Edgar. He has also written numerous short stories and a few poems as well as non-fiction articles. Writing under his father's name "Tom Sehler," he published "When Reason Sleeps," a novel that may be found on the Tom Sehler biography page.
Rex received his AB from Stanford, served in the Marine Corps, earned his PhD from Minnesota, and spent most of his teaching career at the University of Colorado, retiring in 2000.
