Title: The devil's odds
Description: Protecting a terrified young woman who has witnessed a crime in 1942 Texas, Ranger Virgil Tucker is drawn into the dangerous world of the New Orleans mafia when the murder of a prominent attorney reveals a takeover plot against Galveston's gambling empire.
Subjects: Witnesses, Texas Rangers, Murder, Gambling, Protection, Mafia, Fiction, Homicide, Organized crime, Texas rangers, fiction, Crime, fiction, Criminals, fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, Texas, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places: Galveston, New Orleans, Louisiana, Texas