Called to a seemingly innocuous incident involving a parolee, Texas Ranger John Q finds himself investigating the murder of a motel owner and the disappearance of a young black woman in a 1960s Texas that's rife with prejudice, bigotry and darkness. What links an out-of-place hippy, an ambitious young oilman, a small-town cop and a Pentecostal preacher to the disappearance of Martha Elgin? With a trail that leads everywhichwhere but the truth, rich with characters as real as the dust-blown landscape they come from, Red Devil Drive is an atmospheric, beautifully plotted and complex thriller that twists and turns to a macabre and explosive conclusion you will never forget.