num_pages: 213
description: The Vinegaroon Murders (Volume Dos of The Dos Cruces Trilogy), winner of the 2006 Writer's League of Texas Violet Crown Award, is best described by Eric Snider of the Tampa Weekly "a desert gothic theosophical detective thriller." Jamey Maxwell just wants to carve his saints...BUT HE HAS GOD'S WORK TO DO. Pobrecito. No le hace. A young couple has been murdered. Their bodies found on a ranch in West Texas covered with vinegaroons...Alacranes del Diablo. To solve the crime, Jamey finds himself on an odyssey through West Texas, with a brief stop in San Antonio, a world of old money and new greed. He will cross the paths of a disillusioned psychiatrist and her sadistic husband; a prophetic barmaid; "The Three Stooges and a Texas Ranger"; a young shepherd; an eccentric entomologist; and other strange "creatures" on his way to Hell. His descent is a slippery slope, lubricated by a demented demon, who offers this thought for "Eternity's a bitch, and then it's not over."
language: English
title: Dead and Dying Angels
titlecomplete: Dead and Dying Angels (The Dos Cruces Trilogy)
ratings_count: 24
publisher: John M. Hardy Publishing