Even though the corrupt Sheriff Ross is dead and gone, outlaws
still walk free, peace comes at a price, and redemption remains
hard to find in this fiery and violent novel from the author of The
Far Empty. Sometimes we have to be wolves... In the wake of Sheriff
Stanford Ross's death, former deputy Chris Cherry--now Sheriff
Cherry--is the new "law" in Big Bend County, yet he still struggles
to escape the long, dark shadow of that infamous lawman. As Chris
tries to remake and modernize his corrupt department, bringing in
new deputies, including young America Reynosa and Ben Harper--a
hard-edged veteran homicide detective now lured out of
retirement--he finds himself constantly staring down a town
unwilling to change, friends and enemies unable to let go of the
past, and the harsh limits of his badge. But it's only when a local
Rio Grande guide is brutally and inexplicably murdered, and America
and Ben's ongoing investigation is swept aside by a secretive
federal agent, that the novice sheriff truly understands just how
tenuous his hold on that badge really is. And as other new threats
rise right along with the unforgiving West Texas sun, nothing can
prepare Chris for the high cost of crossing dangerous men such as
John Wesley Earl, a high-ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood of
Texas and the patriarch of a murderous clan that's descended on
Chris's hometown of Murfee; or Thurman Flowers, a part-time pastor
and full-time white supremacist hell-bent on founding his violent
Church of Purity in the very heart of the Big Bend. Before long,
Chris, America, and Ben are outmaneuvered, outnumbered, and
outgunned--inexorably drawn into a nearly twenty-year vendetta that
began with a murdered Texas Ranger on a dusty highway outside of
Sweetwater, and that can only end with fire, blood, and bullets in
Murfee's own sun-scorched streets... Welcome back to the Big
Bend...
General
Imprint: |
Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2019 |
Authors: |
J Todd Scott
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Dimensions: |
191 x 106 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
592 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-399-18347-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
0-399-18347-7 |
Barcode: |
9780399183478 |
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