Going Local - Softcover

Harrison, Jamie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312964846 ISBN 13: 9780312964849

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1998

Synopsis

The rodeo is coming to Blue Deer, Montana-but it's up to sheriff Jules Clement to lasso a killer.

Sheriff Jules Clement, first seen in Harrison's acclaimed debut The Edge of the Crazies, is helping the town of Blue Deer, Montana, gear up for the annual Fourth of July rodeo, but his efforts are cut short when the corpses of a well-known environmental lawyer and his young lover turn up in a nearby lake.

Soon Jules uncovers a shady land deal involving the slain lawyer and a quirky cast of characters, including a debonair British movie director who considers Blue Deer the perfect film locale, and a sultry blonde to whose charms Jules quickly succumbs.

As the townsfolk fret about the Hollywood-izing of Blue Deer, the rodeo gets underway, sparking all kinds of theatrics between the swaggering locals and invading cowboy wannabes. And when the body count continues to rise, Jules realizes it's high time to grab the bull by the horns...

About this title

Review:

The sequel to Jamie Harrison's The Edge of the Crazies, Going Local celebrates the Wrangle, the annual rodeo in Blue Deer Montana. In addition to bareback riding, saddle bronco and team roping, this year's competition has the misfortune to include contestants losing body parts and an enraged bronco who kicks participants to death. Jules Clement is Blue Deer's young sheriff, who while cleaning up and calming the nerves of his citizenry, finds himself investigating the murder of an environmental lawyer and his girlfriend. With the help of a few of the town's eccentrics, Jules is able to track down the killer and uncover an elaborate land grabbing development scheme that, strangely, has ties to the rodeo.

About the Author:

Jamie Harrison has worked as a gardener, a caterer, at various magazines, and as a script reader. She was most recently editor at Clark City Press in Livingston, Montana, where she lives with her husband and son.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312964846
• ISBN 13: 9780312964849
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336