Rafferty¿s Rule 26: When in doubt, raise hell and see who complains about the noise.Rafferty¿s taking a vacation in a small Texas town when he gets arrested for a murder he didn¿t commit. But someone butchered Cynthia Lawson, and Rafferty was one of the last people to see her alive, so he¿s involved, whether he likes it or not.Faster than you can say, ¿Five hundred on Texas A&M in the Bowl Game,¿ Rafferty is up to his ass in shady bookies, crooked doctors, protective ex-lovers and religious fundamentalists. And although he doesn¿t normally pull protection detail, when the scorned wife of the accused killer asks for his help, Rafferty decides to stay a while longer in the boondocks. He¿s not convinced the cops have the right guy behind bars and, if they don¿t, that means the real killer is still out there.Besides, the sooner Rafferty gets this whole mess cleared up, the sooner he can get back to his vacation.If you¿re a fan of Spenser, Mike Hammer or Matt Scudder, then this hardboiled pulp thriller, from Shamus Award Winner W. Glenn Duncan, will keep you reading late into the dark night.¿I have all of the Rafferty titles in my collection. I've gotten rid of a lot of stuff over the years, but the Rafferty books are a mainstay. I think they¿re terrific!¿¿Paul Bishop