Red Dog

Pitbull fighters, shadowy neer-do-wells, and murder mark Jason Millers wry, darkly atmospheric second novel in his Little Egypt seriesperfect for fans of Frank Bill and Greg Iles.One hot summer day, in his home in the southern Illinois coal country known as Little Egypta Midwest Gothic wonderland of barren vistas, sinister hollows, petty corruption, and deeply strange charactersthe self-appointed redneck detective known as Slim gets a visit from a shady-looking pair who introduce themselves as Sheldon Cleaves and his son, A. Evan, looking to hire him to find a missing dog. As a miner with a reputation for bloodhoundingtracking down missing persons the police cant find or wontSlim is accustomed to looking for people, not pets. On the other hand, he needs the cash to fix his air conditioner. But when he pulls the thread that leads to the Cleaveses red-haired purebred pitbulland then the dognapper is discovered with his head blown offSlim finds himself plunged into a world of underground dogfights and white supremacists. . . all because he just wanted to get cool.As bitingly funny as it is starkly violent, Red Dog marks the emergence of a new, gritty voice in detective fiction.