Nights of the Red Moon

Milton T. Burton

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Small town, meet big crime.

It’s not hard for longtime Sheriff Bo Handel to keep Texas' Caddo County in line. He handles petty crimes and rabble rousers, runs a competent police force and maintains a relationship with his steady girlfriend while keeping things quiet.

But when the local minister’s wife, Amanda Twiller, is murdered and dumped on the church’s front, Bo suddenly finds himself with his hands full. Unfortunately for Bo, finding Amanda’s killer won’t be as easy as rounding up the town’s usual suspects. He’ll have to get past sleazy attorneys and drug lords first. When he discovers that Amanda was not only addicted to narcotics but also having an affair with one of the roughest men in town, the lazy days of his past are a distant memory.

Soon, Bo realizes there are only so many cocaine kings and Mob bosses that one man can juggle. But the murderer is out there, and it’s up to Bo to find out who it is. This small town sheriff is used to a light workload. So what happens when heavy crime comes to town?

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CHAPTER ONE
 
Shortly before sunup on a hot, dry morning in early September of this past year, Amanda Twiller, the local Methodist preacher’s wife, was slaughtered and then dumped in front of the church parsonage. My name is Bo Handel, and as it turned out, this was to be one of my most trying cases in almost thirty years as sheriff of Caddo County, Texas.
I was enjoying a third cup of coffee and trying to dig my way through the Houston Chronicle when I heard a loud knock at my front door.

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"Milton Burton writes about East Texas with wit, spice, and insight.  His Caddo County sheriff, Bo Handel, has a shrewd mind to go along with his fancy pistol.  He's the kind of man Sheriff Dan Rhodes would share a Dr Pepper with any day." --Bill Crider, author of Murder in Four Parts
 
"Burton sets Sheriff Handel in motion against the local forces of greed, hypocrisy, lust and everyday human folly. It's a warm, wise and witty book, and when I set it down I felt the characters of Caddo County nestling into my memory, creating a hunger for return."

--David Corbett, Edgar-nominated author of Do They Know I'm Running?

 
"Whoever reads this book will find a treasure trove of experience in small County Law enforcement, told by a writer who knows East Texas, its people and history. It will be hard for any reader to put down. Milton produces a great read with his knowlege of crime,corruption and law ennforcement both past and present." --Captain Jack Dean, Texas Rangers Co.D
 

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Kevintipple  rated it  
May 30, 2011
Milton T. Burton's third novel sets the stage for a series with a rock solid foundation, interesting characters, and a complex case. Sheriff Bo Handel has been the strong, and at times compassionate, arm of the law in Caddo County, Texas for nearly thirty years. Forty miles away from the Louisiana b ...more
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LJ  rated it  
Jul 10, 2011
First Sentence: Shortly before sunup on a hot, dry morning in early September of this past year, Amanda Willer, the local Methodist preacher’s wife, was slaughtered and then dumped in front of the church parsonage.`

Nothing is simple anymore. Sheriff Bo Handle certainly did not expect the ...more
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Larry  rated it  
Apr 7, 2011
Beauregard "Bo" Handel, sheriff for nearly thirty years of a small Texas town is used to small-town crimes. When the wife of the local Methodist preacher is killed and dumped in the front yard of the parsonage, Bo knows he is in for an unusual ride. Drugs, adultery, New Orleans mob-connect ...more
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Milton T. Burton

MILTON T. BURTON is the author of two previous crime novels. He has been variously a cattleman, a political consultant, and a college history teacher. Burton lives in Jacksonville, Texas.

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Nights of the Red Moon
Milton T. Burton

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St. Martin's Press
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
December 2010
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ISBN: 9780312648008
ISBN10: 0312648006
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 304 pages
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