L.B. Cobb's legal thriller PROMISES TOWN, is a "gem" with "more bite than a Texas rattlesnake" say reviewers.

A federal prosecutor, the nemesis of Washington elite, is murdered at a posh Bayou City, Texas hotel. His wife is found with the gun at the scene and her motive is obvious -- he did her wrong and she caught him in the act. The wife is arrested quickly.

Perhaps too quickly, Assistant District Attorney Virginia Rodriguez soon realizes, and she finds a dismissal isn't that simple. Powerful people want a conviction and more than Virginia's career is on the line -- calculating killers have added her name to their list.

Virginia is smart and sassy, and she can hold her own against Leo Zachmann, the high-profile defense attorney who has taken up the wife's cause. But can she deliver Texas justice in a case where truth is more elusive than evidence?

Promises Town delivers a rich blend of memorable characters, a fascinating view of the two-sided search for truth in criminal cases, an intriguing mystery, and Texas justice. Assistant District Attorney Virginia Rodriguez is a woman who has it all -- a child and a dog to feed, a house to keep, promises to remember when she has time, and a killer of a job.