Tim Bryant

For a young man of 17, Wilkie John Liquorish has lived one sorry life. From his ill-fated stint in the US Army to a back-breaking job as a gravedigger, Wilkie just can't seem to catch a break....

Dutch Curridge leaves his beloved Fort Worth to find some answers. And yes, he gets naked in both a physical and metaphorical sense....

When he isn't found drinking and swapping stories with buddies, he is busy trying to keep things in line around Cowtown - even if that means occasionally tangling with his former boss....

There's a dead family in a small country house, a blind man working in a gun store, a vindictive dancehall owner, and a wild animal waiting at the edge of the woods....

Forth Worth, TX detective Alvis "Dutch" Curridge is back, and he's brought Slant Face Sanders and the gang along for the ride of their lives....