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Rode Hard, Put Away Dead
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Rode Hard, Put Away Dead Paperback - 2001

by Browning, Sinclair

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Trade Ellis's P.I. practice is as dry as the desert, until bull rider J.B. Calendar marries older heiress Abigail Van Thiessen. When she's killed on a romantic horseback ride with J.B., the cops suspect foul play. J.B. hires Trade to prove him innocent. Trade discovers another murder in town the same time Abby died--and suddenly her investigation comes to the very deadliest of ends.

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 2001. 1st ed. reading creases, a few page edges browning else a near fine copy of this Paperback Original. The 3rd P.I. Trade Ellis title. 370 pages. Arizona. A BARRY AWARD Nominee.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.
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  • Title Rode Hard, Put Away Dead
  • Author Browning, Sinclair
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 382
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bantam Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 012433
  • ISBN 9780553583274 / 0553583271
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.86 x 4.15 x 1.07 in (17.42 x 10.54 x 2.72 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Arizona
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002596557
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Dying to earn her spurs...Even in sweltering June, there's plenty of work for Trade Ellis on her Arizona ranch, but right now her part-time P.I. practice is as dry as the desert -- until bull rider J. B. Calendar marries a candy heiress who's crazy to turn cowgirl. Abigail Van Thiessen, nipped and tucked into great shape, has thirty-two years -- and a few hundred million dollars -- on her husband. So when she meets her untimely death on a romantic horseback trip with her newlywed stud, the cops suspect foul play. And J.B. hires Trade to prove him innocent. While plenty of people stood to gain from Abby's death -- the ex-football-star preacher she bankrolled, a half brother with his own millions, and a topless dancer with a grudge, just for starters -- no suspect looks better than J.B., a boozing tomcatter who's lucky with the ladies. Until Trade learns about another murder in town the same night Abby died ... a development that may bring the investigation -- and Trade -- to the very deadest of ends.From the Paperback edition.

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Dying to earn her spurs...
Even in sweltering June, there's plenty of work for Trade Ellis on her Arizona ranch, but right now her part-time P.I. practice is as dry as the desert -- until bull rider J. B. Calendar marries a candy heiress who's crazy to turn cowgirl.
Abigail Van Thiessen, nipped and tucked into great shape, has thirty-two years -- and a few hundred million dollars -- on her husband. So when she meets her untimely death on a romantic horseback trip with her newlywed stud, the cops suspect foul play. And J.B. hires Trade to prove him innocent.
While plenty of people stood to gain from Abby's death -- the ex-football-star preacher she bankrolled, a half brother with his own millions, and a topless dancer with a grudge, just for starters -- no suspect looks better than J.B., a boozing tomcatter who's lucky with the ladies. Until Trade learns about another murder in town the same night Abby died ... a development that may bring the investigation -- and Trade -- to the very deadest of ends.

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"Like Hillerman, Browning is the genuine article."
-- Tucson Weekly

Don't miss the other trade Ellis mysteries by Sinclair Browning:

The Last Song Dogs
The Sporting Club

Available from Bantam Books

About the author

Sinclair Browning's first Trade Ellis mystery, The Last Song Dogs, was nominated for a Barry Award and for a Shamus Award for Best Original Paperback of 1999 by the Private Eye Writers of America. It was quickly followed by The Sporting Club. Browning is a "dirty-shirt cowgirl" whose family ranched for years. Having lived in the Sonoran Desert for most of her life, she still breaks her own horses and rounds up cattle.