Description
Evil on the Edge of the Edwards Plateau
Darkness lurks in the shadows of the seemingly unspoiled country around Devils River. A sadistic murder of a Mexican American teenager in 1953 and the demented slaughter of a Mexican American family in 1968 have remained unsolved for decades. Both vicious slayings were linked by geography, prejudice, and perversity. Both atrocities were committed at the intersection of race, class, and entitlement. The community and key law enforcement personnel avoided accountability and looked the other way. As a result, the victims' memories and the identities of the depraved perpetrators were confined to whispers.
A reckoning is long overdue, and award-winning author E.R. Bills's investigative efforts deliver the impetus. The devils were simply in the details.
Author: E. R. Bills
Publisher: History Press
Published: 09/22/2026
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.99w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781467172110
ISBN10: 1467172111
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder | Mass Murder
- True Crime | Historical
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
About the Author
E. R. Bills is an award-winning author and freelance journalist. His nonfiction works include Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional and Nefarious (2013), The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas (2014), Black Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror (2015), Texas Far and Wide: The Tornado with Eyes, Gettysburg's Last Casualty, the Celestial Skipping Stone and Other Tales (History Press 2017), The San Marcos 10: An Anti-War Protest in Texas (2019), Texas Oblivion: Mysterious Disappearances, Escapes and Cover-Ups (2021), Fear and Loathing in the Lone Star State (2021) and 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die (2022). His fiction work includes Pendulum Grim (2020), and The Halloween in Me (2024). Bills has also written for the Austin American-Statesman, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Co-Op Power magazine, Fort Worth Magazine and Fort Worth Weekly. He currently resides in North Texas.