Radio Houstoned: Gulf Noir

Texas authors Harry Hunsicker and Darryl Wimberley know all about Gulf noir. The star of Hunsicker’s Crosshairs is retired PI Lee Henry Oswald, who lives in Dallas, while the lead of Wimberley’s Pepperfish Keys is Barrett Raines, who lives in Deacon Beach in northwestern Florida. The two men embody their hometowns -- the politics, the culture, even, in the case of Wimberley’s book, the powder keg of race relations. In Crosshairs, the unfortunately named Oswald tries to help a medical researcher working on Gulf War Syndrome, but soon finds himself at the center of a government conspiracy. The big mystery for Oswald: Which side is the right side?

To hear an interview with Harry Hunsicker, click on the LISTEN button below.

And be sure to check out the podcast with Darryl Wimberley below...

In Pepperfish Keys, Raines is a black cop in a small – and very white – town, out to solve the gruesome murder of a crooked Florida senator while making sure that he doesn’t step on too many toes.

To hear Darryl Wimberley read from Pepperfish Keys, click the LISTEN button below.

Both authors will read Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-524-8597 or visit www.murderbooks.com. Free. - Olivia Flores Alvarez