Terlingua Heat: A Danny Morales Mystery (Danny Morales Mysteries) [Paperback]

John DeMers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2012 | Series: Danny Morales Mysteries

Against the hard, cruel realities of the West Texas borderland, John Demers gives us a new hero: a lean, smart, tough-minded Big Bend river guide named Danny Morales. Danny is a former newspaper photographer from San Antonio, making a life under an assumed name in the funky, chili-crazed, end-of-the-road watering hole of Terlingua. He lives one day at a time with an oddball collection of aging losers, dropouts, and runaways, who gather to swap tall tales and lubricate away their troubles. As part of an investigation of a new expansion of San Antonio's convention center, Danny uncovered a web of shadows weaving together the 1963 JFK assassination in Dallas and the back-room politics behind the 1968 HemisFair. Until Danny can return to San Antonio and face his deepest fears, all he can do is run. In the end, his life, and the truth behind one of America's greatest mysteries, will hang by a single cable seven hundred feet above the floodlit trees of HemisFair Park.

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About the Author

John Demers divides his time among Houston, Austin, and Marfa, Texas. He is the author of more than forty published books-many about food, wine, and travel, plus the West Texas Noir series that includes the Chef Brett mysteries, starting with Marfa Shadows. When not spinning yarns set in his favorite corner of the Lone Star State, he hosts the Delicious Mischief food and wine radio program on NewsRadio 740 KTRH in Houston and Talk 1370 in Austin. He is a regular contributor to Houston and Prime Living magazines, as well as to Houston ArtsWeek. His other works for Bright Press include the new Lone Star Chefs and the iconic Follow the Smoke: 14,783 Miles of Great Texas Barbecue.

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Bright Sky Press (January 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1936474166
• ISBN-13: 978-1936474165
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,433,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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