Across the Cheyenne River - Nesbitt, John D.
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"A ranch hand looking for work in Wyoming finds employment, true love, and murder. Despite the rising body count, Nesbitt keeps it all slow and easy as a gentled horse, making this tale the perfect escape even from other mystery fiction."-Kirkus Reviews on Across the Cheyenne River Russell Archer has come to Wyoming to fulfill his dream of having his own land. After Archer works for one season on Lidge Mercer's ranch, Mercer offers to make him a junior partner. Before long, however, Archer learns that Mercer may need a bodyguard more than a partner. Then Mercer is found dead, and Archer feels…mehr

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"A ranch hand looking for work in Wyoming finds employment, true love, and murder. Despite the rising body count, Nesbitt keeps it all slow and easy as a gentled horse, making this tale the perfect escape even from other mystery fiction."-Kirkus Reviews on Across the Cheyenne River Russell Archer has come to Wyoming to fulfill his dream of having his own land. After Archer works for one season on Lidge Mercer's ranch, Mercer offers to make him a junior partner. Before long, however, Archer learns that Mercer may need a bodyguard more than a partner. Then Mercer is found dead, and Archer feels an obligation to solve the crime. Now the real difficulties set in, as the killers come for Archer and his sweetheart, Kate, one at a time. For Archer and Kate, the path leads to their own land across the Cheyenne River, but there are a great many obstacles in their way.
Autorenporträt
John D. Nesbitt is the author of more than forty books, including traditional westerns, crossover western mysteries, contemporary western fiction, retro/noir fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He has won the Western Writers of America Spur Award four times-twice for paperback novel, once for short story, and once for poem. He has won the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award twice-once for novel and once for short story. He has been a finalist for the Spur Award twice, the Peacemaker five times, and the Will Rogers Medallion Award seven times. He has also received two creative writing fellowships with the Wyoming Arts Council-once for fiction, once for nonfiction-and four awards for fiction with the Wyoming State Historical Society. He is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Wyoming College. Visit his website at www.johndnesbitt.com