The Final Country — James Crumley

Milo Milodragovitch is back in Texas, running the bar of his dreams and trying to do a little private investigating on the side. His relationship with his woman is on the rocks ever since his overnight fling with the classy, scotch-drinking Molly McBride. Now, she's persuaded Milo to help her search for and bring to justice the lowlife who raped and murdered her sister. A simple stakeout turns hideously violent when it's discovered that Molly's prey is no ordinary miscreant, but a brute with major political connections. Soon Milo is calling on connections of his own, including shady computer geniuses, taciturn bodyguards, and his old pal C.W. "Sonny" Sughrue, in a plot that takes him from sweaty, dusty Mexico to the frigid mountains of Montana.