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This is the first volume in the Thurman Allen York detective series. York was born on the wrong side of the tracks, but works his way through the Vietnam War and into the ranks of the Phoenix Police Department. His older friend, Duke Wade, is wrongfully convicted of a triple-murder and is executed before York can clear him. What does a man like York do when he is tormented with such knowledge? As York works deeper into Wade's case, he encounters a human smuggling ring in Phoenix that provides cheap labor from Mexico to local farmers. Ultimately, York and his childhood friend, Manual Espinoza,...

Phoenix's Manzanita Speedway, the last of the big dirt tracks located near the central corridor of a major metropolitan area, is now gone. The track opened in the early 1950s when Jack Holloway, president of the Arizona Jalopy Racing Association, along with Avery Doyle and Gene Gunn, set about convincing Rudy Everett and Larry Meskimen to convert their unprofitable dog-racing operation into a quarter-mile dirt track. On August 25, 1951, Everett and Meskimen beamed with excitement as Manzy opened to an overflowing crowd. They had tapped into America's post-World War II craze for automobiles...