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FOR FANS OF: Loren D. Estleman, Craig Johnson, and Johnny D. BoggsRussell Archer has come to Wyoming to fulfill his dream of having his own land. After one season of work on Lidge Mercer s ranch, he receives an offer to become a junior partner. Before long, however, Archer learns that Lidge was caught up in an old crime and fears for his life.Meanwhile, Archer meets a young woman named Kate, who would like to find her father. Archer and Kate go in search of him, and they find him in another town. Back at the ranch, Archer finds Lidge Mercer dead. Out of obligation to the dead man, Archer tries to solve the crime. Archer goes back to see Jack Doolin, Kate s father, who gives him possible leads. Difficulties set in when Archer finds Jack Doolin dead, and then the killers come for Archer one at a time until the last one goes after Kate.
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John D. Nesbitt lives in the plains country of Wyoming, where he teaches English and Spanish at Eastern Wyoming College. He has had ten short fiction collections, four contemporary western novels, and thirty traditional western novels published in various hardbound, large print, audio, and mass-market paperback editions. He has also written textbooks and course manuals for his courses as well as a guide to writing fiction and a Boise State Western Writers Series booklet on Robert Roripaugh. Nesbitt has won many prizes and awards for his work, including three awards from the Wyoming State Historical Society (for fiction) , two awards from Wyoming Writers for encouragement of other writers and service to the organization, two Wyoming Arts Council literary fellowships (one for fiction, one for non- fiction) , four Western Fictioneers Peacemaker finalist awards for fiction, the Peacemaker award for short fiction, two Western Writers of America Spur finalist awards for mass-market paperback original novel and short fiction, and four Spur awards for mass-market paperback, short fiction, and poem.
