Buck Fever Author:Ben Rehder lanco County, Texas: Its the week before deer hunting season, as close to a statewide holiday as you get in Texas, and the locals are getting restless. More than a few people are out at night spotlighting deer from their pickups, trying to get a jump n the hundreds of hunters that will be out come Sunday. Game Warden John Marlin has his hands fu... more »ll with poaching complaints coming in faster than he can write out-of-season tickets. Then a call of a different sort comes in: a man in a deer suit is shotmat the Circle S ranch and a massive wild-eyed buck deer is prancing about the pasture in a lovesick frenzy.Marlins seen a lot in his years, but this is wilder than he could have imagined: the man in the deer suit is a good friend,and hes familiar with the whacked-out whitetail as well. Its the beginning of a crazy weekend in Blanco County, one that will see a few more men shot, an invasion by Colombians with more than hunting on their minds, and darn near the end of Marlins life. Newcomer Ben Rehder serves it all up with a huge helping of humor in this comic mystery that will firmly establish him as the funniest crime writer in Texas.« less