Two Texan ex-cons, Ray Bob and Eddie, have just killed a convenience store clerk over a penny. Now, with a pack of cigarettes, a stolen Caddy, and no plan, the two must think fast-and move faster, in this novel with "a lyric voice that sings itself raw."( New York Times Book Review )
"My kind of book." (James Ellroy)
"Cook's plot tumbles from scene to scene with jarring brilliance, the pathos of his characters lending his otherwise brutal world a certain beauty." ( Publishers Weekly )
"Elmore Leonard's laconic flair with the dumb and dangerous [and] James Lee Burke's lyric feel for the dark hearts in a New South-Robbers ranges wild and wide, deep through the heart of Texas." (Michael Malone, author of Time's Witness )
"Cook clearly has the suspense-building gene...The nerve-jangling plot tick-tick-ticks toward its explosive end." ( Texas Monthly )
"High-octane...Cook takes the noir chase novel on some remarkable detours." ( Booklist , starred review)
"This is a terrific book. I haven't enjoyed a novel this much in years." (James Crumley, author of The Last Good Kiss )
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