By October 1969, the Summer of Love is history, rock and roll is dark and revolutionary, and people in the small East Texas community of Center Springs want only a quiet life. Unluckily, handsome hit man Anthony Agrioli chooses the sleepy Texas town to hide from his Las Vegas crime boss. But Agrioli isn't the only new addition to town. The disjointed dreams of 13-year-old Top Parker predict a great many things converging on Center Springs, which soon erupts into a combat zone with the arrival of a squad of gangsters. Oddly, they're after something else. Not Agrioli-yet. Add a sheriff crooked as a dog's hind leg, an unsolved murder in the river bottoms, and a bank robbery to this country-noir Shakespearian comedy, and the outcomes become unpredictable. Author Reavis Z. Wortham's first novel, The Rock Hole, is described by Kirkus Reviews as "an unpretentious gem written to the hilt and harrowing in its unpredictability." Kirkus also listed it as one of the "Top12 Mysteries of 2011." www.reaviszwortham.com