Flat crazy : a Blanco County mystery
(Book)

Some kind of unidentified wild creature is on the loose in Blanco, and the locals have convinced themselves they're dealing with a mythical vampirish beast called a chupacabra despite protests from game warden John Marlin. Of course it doesn't help Marlin's cause when a dead body turns up with a suspicious fang-like wound in its neck. Then things really get out of hand: tabloid news programs invade Blanco, good ol' boys Red O'Brien and Billy Don Craddock develop a cockamamie get-rich-quick scheme involving the animal, and a population of voluptuous Chinese dwarves show up in town. If anyone can make sense of the eerie events in Blanco County, it's John Marlin. But can he do it before another body turns up?