."..a crime fiction classic."--"The Novel Pursuit""It's a major novel, full of darkness, humor, passion, and truth."-Lewis Shiner, author of "Glimpses" and "Mozart in Mirroshades" (with Bruce Sterling)"I can't think of a more remarkable suspense novel in the last few years. "Cold in July" has it all...."-Ed Gorman, author of "The Poker Club"""Cold in July" is more than a novel of detection; it is an odyssey into the dark recesses of the human psyche...."-Loren D. Estleman, author of "Burning Midnight"."..told by a master writer...a great novel."--"Murder by the Book""Lansdale has a dark sense of humor and a brilliant ability to translate physical tension onto the page. In this novel, originally published in 1989 (and a film by the time you read this), he blends crime, southern gothic, and his own brand of East Texas noir. Don't miss it."--"Bookshelf Bombshells"Praise for Joe R. Lansdale"A folklorist's eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace."-"New York Times Book Review""A terrifically gifted storyteller."-"Washington Post Book Review""Like gold standard writers Elmore Leonard and the late Donald Westlake, Joe R. Lansdale is one of the more versatile writers in America.--"Los Angeles Times""A zest for storytelling and gimlet eye for detail."--"Entertainment Weekly""Lansdale is an immense talent."-"Booklist""Lansdale is a storyteller in the Texas tradition of outrageousness...but amped up to about 100,000 watts."--"Houston Chronicle""Lansdale's been hailed, at varying points in his career, as the new Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner-gone-madder, and the last surviving splatterpunk...sanctified in the blood of the walking Western dead and righteously readable."--"Austin Chronicle"

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels, including the Edgar Award-winning Hap and Leonard mystery series and the "New York Times" Notable Book, "The Bottoms." Lansdale's work has appeared in television ("The Twilight Zone," "Masters of Horror"), graphic novels ("Batman," "Fantastic Four"), and film ("Bubba Ho-Tep," "Cold in July"). Jim Mickle is the director of "Cold in July," as well as of critically acclaimed films including "Mulberry Street" and "Stake Land." His film "We Are What We Are" was screened at the 2013 Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals.