Rain gods - James Lee Burke

Hackberry Holland is a man haunted by a traumatic and chequered past. A widower and former POW from the Korean War, he left everything behind to become sheriff of a sun-bleached, dusty border town in south Texas. But Hack soon finds himself dealing with more than just his own demons when nine dead prostitutes are dug up behind a run-down church.

The search for justice - and revenge - pits Hack against hired guns, drug dealers who operate on both sides of the border, and a messianic killer known as The Preacher.

As Holland frantically tries to end the cycle of killings and bring justice to the dead girls, he discovers just how dark the deepest corners of the human heart can get, and how redemption can come in the form of a woman's love ...