Death in a Texas Desert: And Other True Crime Stories from the Dallas Observer

By Carlton Stowers

Book Overview

Carlton Stowers presents a thrilling, fast-paced account of 17 true crime stories gleaned from the award-winning pages of The Dallas Observer. This chillingly compelling volume accounts famed events in history such as the "Phantom Killer" of the 1940s who haunted Texarkana, to more current terrors, recounting the crazed man who opened fire in Killeen's Luby's Cafeteria in 1991. Stowers probes deep into Texas' crime files to provide an exciting glimpse into some of the Lone Star State's most infamous events.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556229771
• ISBN13: 9781556229770
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic, quick read

I have always enjoyed Carlton Stower's books, and this is one of his best. It is a collection of true crime stories that have been published previously. The "Death in a Texas Desert" stroy is genuinely creepy. He does very good research and is a very entertaining writer.

Very highly recommended anthology of seventeen crime stories

Compiled by true crime writer and newspaper journalist Carlton Stowers, Death In A Texas Desert is a very highly recommended anthology of seventeen crime stories taken from the pages of the Dallas Observer. These were horrific cases of notorious events that range from the search for alleged murderer Ira Einhorn, to the legacy of racist killer bobby Frank Cherry, to the last, angry days of George Hennard who opened fire in Killeen's Luby's Cafeteria killing 23 patrons. These are stories of human experience at hits darkest as exemplified by Andrea Yates who killed her five children and the impact Rusty Yates, her husband and the father of her children whose life was irrevocably shattered in a few short hours. Other stories are about missing children, a rest home murderer, and murders solved almost a century after they were committed. Through each and every story, Carlton Stowers takes his readers seriously and provides them with stories that are devoid of gossip and exaggeration as we explore the darkest sides of criminology as they played out in the lives of real people with real consequences for themselves and their communities.