Synopsis Taking a break from his popular Spenser series, Robert B. Parker exchanges the streets of present-day Boston for the dusty trails of a 19th-century mining town in this hard-bitten tale of the Wild West. Virgil Cole is the new marshal in Appaloosa, and he and his deputy, Everett Hitch, are tasked with dealing out justice to rancher Randall Bragg, a notorious thief of both supplies and women who is responsible for the shooting deaths of the town's previous lawmen.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-06-01 | | Edition Description: | Large Print |
| Size | | Length: | 276 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 21.6 oz |
Publisher's Note Arriving in a small nineteenth-century western town only to discover that its sheriff has been killed and its residents placed at the mercy of renegade rancher Randall Bregg, itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch find themselves facing an unusually challenging adversary who works by playing psychological games. By the author of Double Play.
Industry Reviews "The dialogue shines with a Western drawl in this admirably plotted change of pace from Parker....[W]onderful stuff." (starred review) Kirkus (03/15/2005)
"[Parker] takes total control of the [Western] genre....What he does...to magnificent effect, is invest classic tropes with fresh vigor....[O]ne of his finest books to date." (starred review) Publishers Weekly (03/28/2005)
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