Books by Milton T. Burton and Complete Book Reviews
George Wier and Milton T. Burton. Cinco Puntos, $15.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-935955-52-8
This pleasingly moody noir from Wier (Longnecks & Twisted Hearts) and Burton (These Mortal Remains) introduces a promising duo with C.C. "Cueball" Boland and Micah Lanscomb, owner and employee, respectively, of NiteWise Security in 1987 Galveston,...
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Milton T. Burton, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $23.95 (296p) ISBN 978-0-312-33681-3
Characters and cons come thick and fast in Burton's intricate, impressive debut, set in post-WWII Texas. In an opening out of Jim Thompson, the unnamed narrator and his luscious blonde girlfriend, Della, are driving in a brand new '47...
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Milton T. Burton, Minotaur, $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-64800-8
Set in East Texas, Burton's rip-snorting third mystery will appeal to fans of Bill Crider, Ben Rehder, and Kinky Friedman. When the bullet-ridden body of Amanda Twiller turns up in front of her pastor husband's Methodist church, Beauregard "Bo"...
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Milton T. Burton. Minotaur, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-64335-5
The Wild West lives in this exciting stand-alone set in early 1940s Texas from Burton (Night of the Red Moon). Virgil Tucker, who’s about to resign from the Texas Rangers and take over his family’s cattle ranch, agrees to help protect a young woman,
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Milton T. Burton. Minotaur, $25.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-00638-7
Burton's posthumously published sequel to 2010's Nights of the Red Moon suggests that Beauregard "Bo" Handel, the 63-year-old sheriff of fictional Caddo County in East Texas would have become a well-loved series character had the author not died in...
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