TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
PART I: GULF COAST TEXAS
LISA SANDLIN Beaumont
Phelan’s First Case
CLAUDIA SMITH Galveston
Catgirl
DAVID CORBETT & LUIS ALBERTO URREA Port Arthur
Who Stole My Monkey?
TIM TINGLE Ellington AFB
Six Dead Cabbies
PART II: BACK ROADS TEXAS
JAMES CRUMLEY Crumley, Texas
Luck
JESSICA POWERS Andrews
Preacher’s Kid
JOE R. LANSDALE Gladewater
Six-Finger Jack
GEORGE WIER Littlefield
Duckweed
MILTON T. BURTON Tyler
Cherry Coke
PART III: BIG CITY TEXAS
SARAH CORTEZ Houston
Montgomery Clift
JESSE SUBLETT Austin
Moral Hazard
DEAN JAMES Dallas
Bottomed Out
ITO ROMO San Antonio
Crank
BOBBY BYRD El Paso
The Dead Man’s Wife
About the Contributors
