The Sinaloa Story: a Novel

The Sinaloa Story tells of DelRay Mudo and Ava Varazo, two down-and-outs looking for a reasonable life and maybe even a little redemption in a corrupt and violent world. Ava is a Mexican prostitute, beautiful and no victim of circumstance. When DelRay falls in love with her at the drive-in whorehouse where she is the prize, she seizes the chance to break free. They take off for Sinaloa , Texas, the lone-dog state where "nothin? good ever happens." The far-out border flunkies they meet ? Thankful Priest, the one-eyed former football player; Indio Desacato, Ava?s pimp and a small-town racketeer; Arkadelphia Quantrill Smith, an octogenarian whose father marched with Shelby in the Iron Brigade; and many others ? fill out the sinister and electrifying ride.