Dust Devils

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.

An isolated farm... a lonely older woman and a young man who may not be what he seems... but when the wind blows and whips up dust devils on the Texas plains, nothing is what it seems. Searching for answers, Toby McCoy finds only more questions when he is catapulted into a dangerous journey filled with robbers and killers, betrayal and death - and Toby has dark secrets of his own that sooner or later will have to be revealed in this action-packed redneck-noir thriller.

Publishers Weekly

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.)