Sunset and Sawdust |
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| Author:
| Lansdale, Joe R. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-01814-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $41.85 |
Book Description:
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In the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones shoots her husband Pete dead when he tries to beat and rape her. To Camp Rapture's general consternation, Sunset's mother-in-law arranges for her to take over from Pete as town constable. As if that weren't hard enough to swallow in depression era east Texas, Sunset actually takes the job seriously, and her investigation into a brutal double murder pulls her into a maelstrom of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice. It...
More DescriptionIn the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones shoots her husband Pete dead when he tries to beat and rape her. To Camp Rapture's general consternation, Sunset's mother-in-law arranges for her to take over from Pete as town constable. As if that weren't hard enough to swallow in depression era east Texas, Sunset actually takes the job seriously, and her investigation into a brutal double murder pulls her into a maelstrom of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice. It is a case that will require a well of inner strength she never knew she had.Spirited and electrifying, Sunset and Sawdust""is a mystery and a tale like nothing you've read before.
"From the Trade Paperback edition."