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Interviewing an alcoholic Native American who witnessed a murder along the Texas-Mexican border, Sheriff Hackberry Holland and his deputy, Pam Tibbs, recognize the work of serial killer Preacher Jack Collins in an investigation that is assisted by the enigmatic Anton Ling.
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Eager to escape his problematic past, Hackberry Holland acquires the sheriff's position in a rundown Texas border town. When authorities discover nine dead prostitutes buried in the desert, Hack must work with both Texas and Mexico, as well as face down hired gunmen, crooked strip club owners, and dubious drug lords, to solve the case.
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Hackberry Holland novels volume 1
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2010.
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English
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" ... Hackberry Holland makes his first appearance in this early gem ... Against the backdrop of growing civil rights turmoil in a sultry border town, the hard-drinking ex-POW attorney yields to the myriad of urgings of his wife, his brother, and his so-called friends to make a bid for a congressional seat--and finds himself embroiled in the seamy world of Texas powerbrokers. And when Hack attempts to overturn an old army buddy's conviction, and crosses...
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[1997]
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Former Texas Ranger Billy Holland, now a lawyer, is hired to defend a teenage boy accused of killing his girlfriend. It is a family affair of sorts, the man who hired Holland being the boy's stepfather. The real father is Holland. This masterful novel of class warfare and the self-destructive violence of the youth culture brings a new and evocative setting and richness to the prose of this accomplished writer. --
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