James Clay

Dusty Barnett

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sheriff Dusty Barnett is prepared for trouble when a traveling theater troupe arrives in Dawson, Arizona, to perform a melodrama, The Phantom Killer. The actors are an eccentric bunch, so Dusty isn't surprised when shooting erupts after one of the actors romances the daughter of the town's doctor. The lawman is shocked when someone wearing a dark, caped costume similar to the one worn by the play's villain robs the stage depot and kills the manager. And when notorious gunfighter Cole Hayes arrives the next day, Dusty learns that Hayes is connected to the troupe and is thrust into a treacherous confrontation with the killer. In the mayhem that follows the murder, the actress playing the ingenue in The Phantom Killer runs off; a young townswoman, Phoebe Martin, creates a town scandal when she takes her place. On top of all that, Sheriff Barnett finds he must also deal with two stagecoach robberies and an angry lynch mob while stalking the mysterious phantom killer, who seems intent on striking again.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781477815144
• ISBN-10: 1477815147
• Artikelnr.: 37148437

Autorenporträt

James Clay's childhood was spent watching Hopalong Cassidy on TV and devouring Fran Striker's Lone Ranger novels. Not surprisingly, he yearned to be a western hero. But people laughed whenever he put on a cowboy hat and he came to realize that his goal would have to be achieved vicariously. As a literary agent, James spends much of his working day grumbling about writers who consider their high school careers to be a source for The Great American Novel. He lives in San Diego with his wife and cat, both of whom, he notes, are remarkably patient with him. Dusty Barnett is James Clay's third western.