L. A. Shorter

In the town of Burgess, near Death Valley a body is found, mutilated, and then another.

The writing was good, the story line wasn't. I'm not into the whole bad people love life thing I guess. Amy should have turned in her father a long time ago, but she chose to ignore it and then became a part of the dirty, seedy lifestyle that is associated with him anyway. Even after running away, why turn back to that kind of lifestyle, the apple did not fall far after all. And Jude, not a hero at all. Another low life mobster, pretty boy, play boy, yadayadayada... I just couldn't get into it.