Heartwood

''The crime book of the year is unquestionably James Lee Burke''s HEARTWOOD . . .there is no better crime writing coming out of America'' EVENING STANDARD

Deaf Smith, Texas, a small town with small town problems until the local boy made good Earl Deitrich decides that he isn''t prepared to share his kind of good fortune with anybody else.

Wilbur Pickett is a retired rodeo rider with big dreams. D...