The Sweet and the Dead
Publisher Weekly Review: Imagine the classic heist movie The Asphalt Jungle moved to 1970 Biloxi, Miss., and you get the feel for Burton's steamy, low-down second novel (after The Rogues' Game). Former Dallas deputy sheriff Manfred Eugene "Tush Hog" Webern goes undercover to help fellow lawmen break up a loose gang of Southern thugs dubbed […]
The Rogues' Game
"It's 1947. An enigmatic man driving a fine new Lincoln convertible and accompanied by a beautiful blonde comes to a small West Texas city. Ostensibly, his purpose is to get into a poker game that has been going on every weekend for over half a century at the ancient Weilbach Hotel, the area's premier hostelry. […]