IntroductionPart 1: El Paso and West TexasNevada Barr, Track of the CatJim Sanderson, Camino del RioNancy Herndon, Time BombsJames Crumley, BordersnakesAllana Martin, Death of a Healing WomanJim Thompson, The Killer Inside MePart 2: Austin and the Hill CountrySteven Saylor, A Twist at the EndJesse Sublett, The Rock Critic MurdersBen Rehder, Buck FeverSusan Wittig Albert, Rosemary RememberedKinky Friedman, Armadillos and Old LacePart 3: Houston and the Gulf CoastDavid L. Lindsey, Heat from Another SunNeal Barrett, Jr., Interstate DreamsKen Grissom, Drowned Man's KeyGaylord Dold, Bay of SorrowsPart 4: Dallas, Fort Worth, and the PanhandleDoug J. Swanson, Umbrella ManA. W. Gray, Prime SuspectD. R. Meredith, The Sheriff and the Panhandle MurdersPart 5: East TexasJoe R. Lansdale, The Two-Bear MamboWalter Mosley, Gone Fishin'Susan Rogers Cooper, Funny as a Dead RelativePart 6: San Antonio and South TexasCarolyn Hart, Death on the River WalkRick Riordan, The Last King of TexasJ. S. Borthwick, The Case of the Hook-billed KitesRolando Hinojosa, Partners in CrimePart 7: Small Town TexasBill Crider, Winning Can Be MurderPaula Boyd, Hot Enough to KillJeff Abbott, Do Unto OthersClay Reynolds, AgatitePart 8: End of the RoadMary Willis Walker, The Red Scream