NightOwl PublicationsWILL SIMPSON
Texas Sharks

A Texas crime saga from the pool halls to the Capitol

Two books so far. Each one finishes its own story, so read either one first.

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You've Got to Lose to Win, Texas Sharks Book One The Colonial Gentlemen's Club, Texas Sharks Book Two

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The books

Every book finishes its own story. Start with either.

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Book One

You've Got to Lose to Win

Austin, 1988. Slade Garrick is hours from opening his own poker game, and it is already coming apart. Ten years earlier, a Baptist kid got hustled flipping quarters and found the only world he ever wanted.

Austin, 1978 to 1988
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Book Two

The Colonial Gentlemen's Club

Book 1 was the kid. Book 2 is the man who made him: Wild Phil's story, and the syndicate that calls itself a club.

Texas, from 1959
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What readers say
"The plot moves at a breakneck pace and vividly captures a demimonde that is simultaneously driven by deceit and a code of honor."Kirkus Reviews

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