Dark night in Big Rock.
Dark night in Big Rock.
By
:
Johnstone, William W., 1938-2004.
Publication Date
:
2022
Volume
:
bk. 5
Subject Term
:
Trials (Murder) -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Ranchers -- Fiction.
Cowboys -- Fiction.
Outlaws -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Western stories.
Series
:
JENSEN BRAND ;
Additional Contributors
:
Johnstone, J. A.
Summary
:
Smoke Jensen is mighty proud of his son Louis for finishing law school. But he can't help being a little disappointed that Louis isn't returning to the Sugarloaf Ranch. Instead, he's setting up his own law practice in nearby Big Rock--a career choice that turns out to be every bit as dangerous as fending off cattle rustlers. The boy's first case lands him smack in the middle of a heated dispute between two riled-up ranchers over water rights. If Louis can't settle them down, the whole thing could blow up into a bloody range war. Then a scheming con man shows up in town to stir up trouble--and ends up dead. Now Louis has to defend his sister's boyfriend on murder charges. What's worse, the real killer is still out there. And he's ready to slaughter again... Smoke Jensen's son may be a lawyer now. But if there's one thing he learned from his daddy, it's that in places like Big Rock, men live and die by one law alone: the law of the gun... Johnstone Country. Guns and Money. And Sometimes, Lawyers.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780786048847
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Bay Roberts | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Bishop's Falls | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Bonavista | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Cartwright | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Clarenville | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Corner Brook | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Fox Harbour | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Hermitage | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Lark Harbour | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Port Saunders | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Rocky Harbour | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Sop's Arm | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
Springdale | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC JOH | bk. 5 |
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