The Better Part of Valour

“A skillful and sensitive writer.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Burns tells a good yarn with nicely etched characters, and never fails to make his setting an integral part of his story.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

“One of our best writers of mysteries.” —The Boston Globe

“Burns is a first-rate storyteller.” —Asbury Park Press

Caught up in a low budget revolution fought in the jungles of Colombia, Cornelius Mead faces the challenges of survival in the chaos and insanity of war while clinging to his dream of turning the Guyana massacre site of Jonestown into a theme park.

Rex Burns is the critically acclaimed author of numerous books, articles, reviews and stories. The first in his series of police procedurals, The Alvarez Journal, won an Edgar for Best First Mystery and introduced the hard-boiled Denver homicide detective, Gabriel Villanueva Wager. Another, The Avenging Angel, was made into a feature movie starring Charles Bronson. With Suicide Season, Burns introduced the Devlin Kirk series, a Denver private detective specializing in industrial security.