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Few writers in America today combine Adam Lee Burke's lush prose, cracking story lines, and marvelous sense of background and surroundings. In Cimarron Rose, longtime supporters of the Dave Robicheaux series discovered that the struggles of Texas security lawyer Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes or templates - the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between your haves and the have-nots; the collision of former and present; the inequities in the unlawful justice system. Heartwood is a kind of tree that develops in layers. And since Billy Bob's grandfather once informed him, you prosper in life by keeping the roots in a definite stream rather than letting anyone taint water for you. But in Holland's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith, in the hill country north of Austin, local kingpin Earl Deitrich has made a fortune running roughshod and tainting anyone who stands in his way. Billy Bob has issues with Deitrich and his shamelessly callous demeanor, but can't tremble the legacy of his love for Deitrich's "heartbreak-beautiful" better half, Peggy Jean. When Holland takes on the security of Wilbur Pickett - a man accused of stealing an heirloom and 3 hundred thousand us dollars in bonds from Deitrich's office - he discovers himself against not Earl's ability and influence, but also a former Billy Bob can't will away. A wonderfully realized novel, rich in Texas atmosphere and lore, and a stunning family portrait of the deadly implications of self-delusion, Heartwood could only have been compiled by Adam Lee Burke, a writer in expert command word of his build.
