This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group.
THE DEVIL’S ODDS. Copyright © 2012 by Milton T. Burton. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
The Library of Congress has catalogued the print edition as follows:
Burton, Milton T.
The devil’s odds : a mystery / Milton T. Burton.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-64335-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4299-5099-2 (e-book)
1. Texas Rangers—Fiction. 2. Witnesses—Protection—Fiction. 3. Murder—Fiction. 4. Gambling—Texas—Galveston—Fiction. 5. Mafia—Louisiana—New Orleans—Fiction. 6. Texas—Fiction. 7. Louisiana—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.U77D48 2012
813'.6—dc22
2011032831
e-ISBN 9781429950992
First Edition: February 2012