Brimstone Fine - 2009
by Robert B. Parker
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
New York Times-bestselling author Robert B. Parkertakes aim at the Old West with this brilliantly craftedfollow-up to Resolution and Appaloosa, againfeaturing guns-for-hire Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch.
When we last saw Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch,they had just put things to right in the rough-and-tumbleOld West town of Resolution. It's nowa year later, and Virgil has only one thing on his mind: AllieFrench, the woman who stole his heart from their days inAppaloosa. Even though Allie ran off with another man, Virgil isdetermined to find her, his deputy and partner Everett Hitchat his side. Making their way across New Mexico and Texas, thepair finally discover Allie in a small-town brothel. Her spiritcrushed, Allie joins Everett and Virgil as they head north to startover in Brimstone. But things are not the same between Virgiland Allie; too much has happened, and Virgil can't face whatAllie did to survive the year they were apart. Vowing to change,Allie thinks she has found redemption through the local churchand its sanctimonious leader, Brother Percival. Given their reputationsas guns for hire, Everett and Virgil are able to securepositions as the town's deputies. But Brother Percival stirs uptrouble at the local saloons, and as the violence escalates intomurder, the two struggle to keep the peace.
As sharp and clear as the air over the high desert, Brimstoneproves once again that Robert B. Parker is "a force of nature"(The Boston Globe).
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Details
- Title Brimstone
- Author Robert B. Parker
- Binding Fine
- Edition First
- Pages 293
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY
- Date 2009
- Bookseller's Inventory # 978
- ISBN 9780399155710 / 0399155716
- Weight 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.35 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 3.43 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life, Western stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009008107
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
About 1940 Nevada, United States
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