Named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, New York Times best-selling author James Lee Burke is one of the genre's true legends. Before launching his mystery-writing career, Burke crafted this atmospheric tale starring Texas lawyer Hack Holland, who is drawn into a bitter civil rights dispute. "Burke writes popular fiction that is so well crafted, so well written, and so intelligent that it soars above other fiction of its type into the realm of high art." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution