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The latest from prose stylist and accomplished novelist Rod Davis exposes the dark underbelly and underground economies of God's country. A desperate call from heiress Elle Meridian shakes ex-Dallas TV anchor Jack Prine from his comfortable life in the Big Easy as he begins his long search for Meridian’s missing teenage daughter. Instead of the girl, Jack discovers the savaged bodies of drug dealers and embarks on a journey of relentless violence and lethal betrayal across the South. As an intricate web of deception, extortion, and murder unwinds, Prine finds himself at odds with neo-Nazis, the cartel, and the Dixie Mafia. Even if Prine can save Meridian’s child, can he justify the blood on his hands? Rod Davis expands the thrilling world of South, America in this Southern noir, rife with chaos, unexpected turns, and fascinating characters.

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Rod Davis's lead character Jack Prine takes us on a wild ride across the South from Savannah to the ranches of West Texas, following the blood-spattered trails of criminals, conmen, lowlifes, fascists, and other troublemakers to save lives and right wrongs. A telling so fiery you can see the steam rising from the pages. -- Joe Nick Patoski, author of Willie Nelson: An Epic Life and Austin to ATX Rod Davis is the real deal, a storyteller of immense talent. East of Texas, West of Hell has it all: gripping characters, a page-turning plot, and a whole lot more. Don't miss this book. -- Harry Hunsicker, author of The Devil's Country and the former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America Jack Prine is on the road again, which is bad news for the bad guys he's hunting. Rod Davis's riveting new novel would best be read with Warren Zevon turned up loud. Send lawyers, guns, and money--and maybe a voodoo priest and a coroner. East of Texas, West of Hell should come wrapped in crime-scene tape, or its own body bag. -- Mark McDonald, award-winning journalist and author of Off the X In his long career as a journalist and author, Rod Davis has always been a master of place. In East of Texas, West of Hell, his craft is again on display, painting deep, tactile pictures of oil patch motels, sticky riverfronts, and gleaming Southern cities. This skill marries beautifully with Davis's particular style of noir, at once languid and propulsive. He expertly sets a mood while fully defining the cast of wayward souls we meet along the way. This deepens the thrill of Jack Prine's journey through his beloved South on a self-described 'doomed rescue mission and righteous killing spree.' This is Davis's greatest work to date. -- Eric Celeste, longtime city columnist and contributing editor, Dallas's D Magazine In East of Texas, West of Hell, Rod Davis goes assuredly into a landscape of crime fiction mapped by writers like Elmore Leonard and Ross MacDonald, but his own tough guy sleuth, Jack Prine, is an original. Prine is a compelling and entertaining narrator, an aging polymath well versed in violence but also Shakespeare and Buddhism. Brought to life in Davis's beautifully spare prose, he is hard to put down in more ways than one. -- Sean Mitchell, former reporter and critic for the Los Angeles Times and editor of Dallas's first alternative weekly, The Iconoclast Davis's East of Texas is wild and sexy, his West of Hell harsh and lawless, but both needles in the compass remind us of the sort of invisible reality one single place can construct in perfect symbiosis. -- Dr. Ruben Olague, former CNN correspondent and Vice President for News at LBI Media Attention lovers of Southern noir, Grit Lit, or simply the pulse-pounding, twist-a-minute thriller: a master of the form is back with an edge-of-your-seat read. Rod Davis's East of Texas, West of Hell starts at full speed and never slows down. With a plot as complex and ultimately illuminating as the existential mysteries that Davis explores, East of Texas, West of Hell delivers not just a gripping story peopled with jump-off-the-page characters, but a heartfelt meditation on life, justice, and the murky areas in between. -- Sarah Bird, award-winning author of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

Rod Davis's lead character Jack Prine takes us on a wild ride across the South from Savannah to the ranches of West Texas, following the blood-spattered trails of criminals, conmen, lowlifes, fascists, and other troublemakers to save lives and right wrongs. A telling so fiery you can see the steam rising from the pages. -- Joe Nick Patoski, author of Willie Nelson: An Epic Life and Austin to ATX Rod Davis is the real deal, a storyteller of immense talent. East of Texas, West of Hell has it all: gripping characters, a page-turning plot, and a whole lot more. Don't miss this book. -- Harry Hunsicker, author of The Devil's Country and the former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America

Rod Davis's lead character Jack Prine takes us on a wild ride across the South from Savannah to the ranches of West Texas, following the blood-spattered trails of criminals, conmen, lowlifes, fascists, and other troublemakers to save lives and right wrongs. A telling so fiery you can see the steam rising from the pages. -- Joe Nick Patoski, author of Willie Nelson: An Epic Life and Austin to ATX

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ROD DAVIS is an award-winning author and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications. He has served on the senior staff of several major magazines, including a stint as editor of The Texas Observer. He taught writing at the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University and was a guest at the Yaddo Colony. He is author of American Voudou: Journey into a Hidden World (UNT Press). His work is included in David Byrne’s True Stories (Penguin) and Best American Travel Writing 2002 (Houghton-Mifflin). An eighth-generation Texan, he lives in San Antonio.

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