Gathers poetry and fiction by such Mexican-American authors as Dagoberto Gilb and Rowena A. Rivera

"Tom Bethany is some guyMr. Doolittle is a slick stylist. His characters have heftthey talk like the people they're supposed to be."New York times."One of those books you'll stay up all night to finish"Cleveland Plain Dealer."Ranks with Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain and Ross Thomas as a high-voltage storyteller:"Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times.

"Tom Bethany is some guy Mr. Doolittle is a slick stylist. His characters have heft they talk like the people they're supposed to be."New York times."Riveting. As full of tension as Christmas Eve shopping at Toys'R'Us"Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post."Ranks with Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain and Ross Thomas as a high-voltage storyteller:"Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times.

Washington private investigator Tom Bethany and his girlfriend, married lawyer Hope Edwards, uncover the scandalous life of a television evangelist

Tom Bethany tracks the murders of an Oregon environmental leader. "A Travis McGee for the 90s"Publisher's Weekly"A great hero in an excellent series"Booklist"Ranks with Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain and Ross Thomas as a high-voltage storyteller, and that is exalted company"Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times

Tom Bethany vs. a millionaire newspaper publisher in Cambridge. "Outrageous story outrageously well-told by one of the best writers of deadpan humor in the mystery business." — Portland Oregonian. "A Travis McGee for the 90s" — Publishers Weekly "Ranks with Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain and Ross Thomas" —Charles Champlin, Los Angeles times