In the Moon of Red Ponies — James Lee Burke

Former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland is the target of a psychopathic killer who has been granted his freedom--in a shattering tale told in the "fierce and beautiful prose" (The Seattle Times) of James Lee Burke. Opening a Montana law practice is a new start for the recently married Billy Bob. But when Wyatt Dixon is released from jail on a technicality, it isn't the only failure of the justice sys- tem Billy Bob faces: his representation of a Native American activist is about to blow open a powder keg of corruption, blackmail, and murder. There's no going halfway in a case that stands for every- thing Billy Bob believes--and threatens all he holds dear.