In the Moon of Red Ponies by James Lee Burke
ex–Texas Ranger attorney Billy Bob Holland, Billy Bob has moved his family and practice to the pastoral city of Missoula, Mont., only to find that the psychopathic ex-biker/rodeo clown, Wyatt Dixon (who buried his wife, Temple, alive), is out of prison on a technicality and claiming to be a born-again Christian. befriends alcoholic Desert Storm hero Johnny American Horse, suspected of murdering the hit man who invaded his home as well as masterminding the burglary of a lab,