"A suspenseful tale, told from the title to the end with wit and warmth by a very talented writer." --Nancy Pickard, award-winning author Summer in Benteen County, Kansas, is a season possessed of all the gentle subtlety of an act of war. Winter, of course, is no better, but remembrance of its frosts and blizzards and winds that begin to suck away your life before you walk a dozen steps has grown faint by the early hours of a Sunday morning in late June. While some try to sleep, and Sheriff English and his ex-wife try sex ...
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"A suspenseful tale, told from the title to the end with wit and warmth by a very talented writer." --Nancy Pickard, award-winning author Summer in Benteen County, Kansas, is a season possessed of all the gentle subtlety of an act of war. Winter, of course, is no better, but remembrance of its frosts and blizzards and winds that begin to suck away your life before you walk a dozen steps has grown faint by the early hours of a Sunday morning in late June. While some try to sleep, and Sheriff English and his ex-wife try sex, the Reverend Peter Simms takes an early walk in the park and encounters someone counting coup. When the Sheriff's part-Cheyenne brother, Mad Dog, arrives to meditate, he finds the Reverend's mutilated corpse. Mad Dog is the obvious suspect and he begins to hang out in the town jail while Sheriff English widens his net. English picks up several suspicious characters, and an increasingly dark history for the Simms family. The case grows stormier, and so does the weather. As a tornado gathers to hurl its fury on the hapless town, the fury of the killer rises to meet it.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. 1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 190 pp. This is a new unread book; DJ is very faintly shelf-scuffed.
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Hardback, Fine in a Near Fine to Fine DJ, 1st edition; slight wear to DJ and DJ edges, no names or internal markings. A reverend is killed in a small Kansas town, and the sherrif's brother, Mad Dog, becomes the chief suspect, 8vo., 190 pages.,
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Hayes brings Buffalo Springs, Kansas, to life in his first mystery. When the small town is rocked by its first murder in years, the sheriff, known to the locals as Englishman, must restore order. Complicating matters is the fact that Englishman's brother, Mad Dog, a shaman wanna-be who is one-quarter Cheyenne, found the body and is considered a suspect. More crime follows, and there's a tornado on the way. An African American history professor visiting local historical sites finds himself caught up in the action, too. The solution to the case reveals some complicated family relationships that may bring the sheriff and his not-so-ex wife together again. This well-crafted story told with humor will leave readers waiting for further adventures of Mad Dog, Englishman, and the inhabitants of Buffalo Springs. "--Booklist.
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Used: Very good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Contemporary FictionVery good quality with minor writing. Dust jackets with creasing.
