Texas Two-Step: 1 (Teller County Novel)

Cooper and Davis are a couple of jam band-obsessed Texas ex-pats growing some of Denvers finest organic cannabis and living the good life on tour. Or at least they were until legal weed put the squeeze on their market and cramped their playboy lifestyle. When their last out-of-state distributor gets busted by an Illinois task force theyre left with no choice but to turn to their reckless former associate Elroy Sancho Watts to unload one last crop down in Teller County Texas. But Sancho Watts has troubles of his own in the form of Texas Ranger Russ Kirkpatrick tasked under the table with nailing Watts for anything that will stick because of his involvement in the drug-induced suicide of a state senators son. Not to mention his infamous new business partner Heisman quarterback and NFL burnout Bobby Burnell a man working to rise from the ashes of his self-destructed football career by making a name for himself in his criminally inclined Teller County family no matter who he has to double-cross to get there. What ensues is a pine-curtain criminal jamboree where everyone involved keeps their cards close to their vest and all the high-stakes two-stepping is sure to result in bloodshed. Praise for TEXAS TWO-STEP: Tough and taut Texas Two-Step packs a punch. Michael Pool delivers. --Sam Wiebe award-winning author of Cut You Down Texas Two-Step is a shotgun marriage between the Coen brothers and Joe Lansdale. Come for the gun-slinging drug-dealing hijinks but stay for the witty characterizations and whip-crack plotting that drives this humdinger to its action-packed denouement. Michael Pool follows up on every ounce of promise hes shown so far as one of Texas crime fictions hottest rising star. Make room on your bookshelf for Texas own Elmore Leonard! --Eryk Pruitt author of Dirtbags Hashtag and What We Reckon Michael Pools Texas Two-Step is a gritty adventure in the spirit of True Romance and Savages filled with weed bullets double-crosses and even a messy sort of redemption. --Nick Kolakowski author of Slaughterhouse Blues and A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps Michael Pool spins a story thats got kick. Take a couple of desperate pot growers and a truckload of weed crossing state lines throw in a gauntlet of thugs losers and backstabbers along with law enforcement watching and listening in and youve got Texas Two-Step. A story thats got pace terrific characters and some unexpected turns. Everything you want in a crime novel. --Dietrich Kalteis award-winning author of Zero Avenue House of Blazes Triggerfish The Deadbeat Club and Ride the Lightning Some things once you get into them theyre hard as blue blazes to get out of. I would count Michaels book as one of them. Its almost impossible to put down and even when you finish it it wont let go of you. They say to write what you know. If Michael followed that line of reasoning Im a little worried about him. I hope he makes out alright. --Tim Bryant author of the Dutch Curridge series Michael Pools spot-on descriptions in this crime caper make for a good read with its own voice. --Earl Javorsky author of Down Solo and Trust Me