I'm a long-time fan of Burke's Dave Robicheaux series, but a newcomer to the Billy Bob Holland series. Am I impressed? You betcha.Billy Bob Holland is a former Texas Ranger now practicing law, and not all that successfully, in Deaf Smith, Texas, who heads out to Big Sky Country for some fishing with his buddy, Doc Voss. Doc has run afoul of a mining company over environmental issues, to say nothing of the local Mob and some mondo bizarro Hollywood types. When Doc's teenage daughter is attacked and one of the biker suspects is later murdered, Doc is arrested. Though Billy Bob is out of his bailiwick and perhaps out of his depth, he accedes to Doc's plea for legal representation and the chase is on. More bodies pile up even as the list of possible suspects grows by leaps and bounds.This is a wonderfully literary, intricately layered mystery. Robicheaux fans who haven't yet discovered the Western face of James Lee Burke, believe me, you're in for a treat.