There are no fewer than three novels entitled simply “Galveston.” The newest one just landed on our shelves and is a gritty noir set in New Orleans and Galveston. Nic Pizzolatto’s debut novel is available now in hard cover, $25.00.

“Pizzolatto takes a hard-edged look at the stormy life of a compassionate criminal in his impressive first novel … As Pizzolatto switches smoothly between past and present, he vividly captures Galveston in all its desperate vulnerability as it faces the approach of Hurricane Ike in September 2008.”

— Publisher’s Weekly