'Recalls only the finest examples of the form' Dennis Lehane'The elegance Pizzolatto brings to
his heart-wrenching story makes it unforgettable' Daily MailFrom the creator of the hit HBO
series True Detective comes a powerful gleaming-dark thriller rich with Southern
atmosphere.Roy Cady is by his own admission 'a bad man'. With a snow flurry of cancer in his
lungs and no one to live for he's a walking time-bomb of violence. Following a fling with his
boss's lover he's sent on a routine assignment he knows is a death trap. Yet after a smoking
spasm of violence Roy's would-be killers are mostly dead and he is mostly alive.Before Roy
makes his getaway he finds a beaten-up woman in the apartment and sees something in her
frightened defiant eyes that causes a crucial decision. He takes her with him on the run from
New Orleans to Galveston Texas permanently entwining their fate along a highway of seedy bars
and fleabag hotels a world of treacherous drifters pick-up trucks and ashed-out hopes with
death just a car-length behind.Nic Pizzolatto's highly acclaimed Edgar Award-nominated
thriller announces the arrival of a major new talent for fans of Dennis Lehane James Lee Burke
and Breaking Bad.'A good old Southern gothic treat of a road trip through Texas and Louisiana.
Think James Lee Burke meets Midnight In The Garden of Good And Evil with shades of Paris
Texas'Sam Baker The Pool'Terrific dialogue'Kirkus'Pizzolatto's insightful portrayal is rough
and tumble real. He vividly captures Galveston in all its desperate vulnerability'Publishers
Weekly'A truly original and gifted writer'Litro
