Death in a Texas Desert: And Other True Crime Stories from The Dallas Observer

Death in a Texas Desert is a fast-paced collection of 17 compelling true crime stories from the pages of the award-winning The Dallas Observer. From the "Phantom Killer" that haunted Texarkana in teh mid-1940s to the day of terror in 1991 when a crazed man began spraying bullets into Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, author Carlton Stowers recoutns the infamy and infamous from the crime files of Texas.

Author: Carlton Stowers
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 01/30/2003
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.42w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781556229770
ISBN10: 1556229771
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Criminology
- True Crime | General

About the Author
Author and journalist Carlton Stowers' books include two Edgar Award winners, Careless Whispers (ISBN 0312977042) and To the Last Breath (ISBN 0312968191), the Pulitzer-nominated Innocence Lost (ISBN 0671676776), and his autobiographical Sins of the Sun (ISBN 0312975570). He has authored nearly 20 sports books and has written articles for numerous publications. He is a staff writer for The Dallas Observer and lives in Cedar Hill, Texas.