An isolated farm . . . A lonely woman . . . And a young man who may not be what he seems . . . But when the wind whips up dust devils on the Texas plains, nothing is what it seems. Toby McCoy is full of questions when he is shoved headfirst into a mix of robbers, murderers, betrayals and death. Toby has his own share of dark secrets that will have to come out before any answers are found. James Reasoner is the author of the classic noir TEXAS WIND and finally returns to his roots in this action-packed redneck-noir thriller.
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Starred Review. With a simple but effective plot and understated prose, this outstanding redneck noir successfully gives the windswept Texas plains the feel of mean city streets. Young, callow Toby McCoy appears at an isolated farmhouse, apparently just seeking work. Soon he's plowing the fields, feeding the hogs and making eyes at Grace Halligan, the lovely older woman who owns the place. Just as the two move beyond a professional relationship, strange gunmen appear at the farm, forcing the lovers to reveal the extent of their mutual deceptions as they hit the road—with two dogs in the back of their pickup truck—in search of a double-crossing bank robber and the money he owes Grace. In the spirit of the genre, Reasoner (Texas Wind) saves the final chilling revelations for the very end, captivating the reader with other twists and turns along the way. (Aug.)
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*Starred Review* The scene is almost mythic. A pickup truck bumps down a dusty dirt road somewhere on the plains. It may be Dakota, but New Mexico would be better, and the Texas Panhandle, where veteran pulp novelist Reasoner begins his tale, is best of all. What Toby "wanted to do when he left Oklahoma was find his mother. Well, find her and pay her back for abandoning him." He finds her all right, and he pays her back by seducing her. Except that the woman Toby seduces is not his mother. All good noir novels have at their center a femme fatale, and the woman in bed with Toby is an old-school classic, from the James M. Cain school. It turns out that Toby's mother, a cancer victim, is buried in the backyard, but when Toby is about to have it out with Dana, his new lover, two of her old chums and fellow bank robbers break into the farmhouse with the intention of settling up on a $400-grand haul. Without blinking an eye, Dana dispatches the pair and invites Toby into her world of racy love and fast money. This is redneck noir at its most archetypal, and Reasoner, author of the cult favorite Texas Wind (1980), knows how to pull all the right strings. Reasoner also writes western romances under the pseudonym Dana Fuller Ross, but noir devotees won't hold that against him. This is the real thing. Glassman, Steve
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A lifelong Texan, Reasoner has been a professional writer for more than thirty years. In that time, he has authored several hundred novels and short stories in numerous genres. Best known for his Westerns, historical novels, and war novels, he is also the author of two mystery novels that have achieved cult classic status, Texas Wind and Dust Devils. Writing under his own name and various pseudonyms, his novels have garnered praise from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as appearing on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. He lives in a small town in Texas with his wife, award-winning fellow author Livia J. Washburn.
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One of the best crime novels of the year,
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Dust Devils is a hardboiled masterpiece. Reasoner's novel is just as good, if not better, than the best works by Donald Westlake or Elmore Leonard. The writing is tight. The story is action packed, and the twists are jaw dropping. The latter element is the hardest one to pull off, but Reasoner comes up with story elements that will flatten even the most jaded of crime novel fans. This is a book that is not to be missed.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Country Noir At Its Best,
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As a novelist, Mr. Reasoner has been working a long time and written a couple of hundred novels, most under other names. He should do more with his real name. This is a fine example of "country noir"(I dislike the current flavor, red-neck noir). The two main leads, Toby and Dana, have levels of secrets that keep popping up all the way to the end of the book. It kept my interest from start to finish as any good book should. Short and a quick read, it's one of finest I've found recently. Worth a look. Try it.
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Fast easy read and Nice twist,
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Never saw the end coming. The action was fast paced and the characters easy to get into. Enjoyed this. But for people who read reviews, I normally read H.Coben, Lee Child, M. Connelly, and like mystery/action/ thrillers. Most reviews I read don't tell me what the reader likes so it's still a shot in the dark.I read this in two days, not my normal 1-2 week pace. It was fun and not part of a character series. My final comment- Never trust a woman with a gun.
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