Destiny at Dry Camp - Hardcover

Nesbitt, John D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1432834002 ISBN 13: 9781432834005

Publisher: Five Star Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

A stranger named Dunbar comes to the town of Dry Camp and goes to work at Rich Stanton’s ranch. Shortly after Dunbar’s arrival, he helps find the body of an old man named Ross Guilford. The foreman, Paul Kelso, picks a fight with a ranch hand named Willard Brumley. Dunbar intervenes, and Kelso fires him. As Dunbar asks around, he learns from Jack Brumley, Willard’s father, that Guilford knew something about Brumley’s wife, Louise, a beautiful woman of color who disappeared twenty years earlier. Stanton hires a man named Holcomb, who pairs up with Kelso to provoke Willard into a fatal gunfight. Jane Lancaster, an old friend of Louise, tells Dunbar some revealing information. Then Jane turns up dead. After a showdown with Kelso and then with Holcomb, Dunbar fights Stanton and beats him to death. Workmen dig up the remains of Louise Brumley, evidence that Stanton had an illicit affair with Louise and killed her to keep her silent.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR JOHN D. NESBITT
“Nesbitt is always entertaining, but he’s at his best here, delivering a solid western, full of cowboy lore, combined with just enough of a mystery to keep the pages turning.”
―Booklist, STARRED, on Don’t Be a Stranger
“It features a smartly constructed story . . . and a pair of compelling leads . . . violent and smoothly paced, the book should appeal to western readers, for sure, but also to crime-fiction fans who like their mysteries in a historical setting.”
―Booklist on Death in Cantera
A Wyoming homesteader finds his newly acquired quarter-section of land the center of unwanted and suspicious attention . . . despite the high body count―half the cast will be dead by the last sunset―Nesbitt, as usual, keeps things relaxed and neighborly, even though Fontaine's neighbors aren't the kind you'd want yourself.”
―Kirkus Reviews on Justice at Redwillow
“The bodies pile up, and the danger mounts. Almost more of a mystery than a western,

Justice at Redwillow is a sturdy tale . . .”
―Booklist

About the Author:

"John D. Nesbitt lives in the plains country of Wyoming, where he teaches English and Spanish at Eastern Wyoming College. He writes western, contemporary, mystery, and retro/noir fiction as well as nonfiction and poetry. John has won many awards for his work, including two awards from the Wyoming State Historical Society (for fiction), two awards from Wyoming Writers for encouragement of other writers and service to the organization, two Wyoming Arts Council literary fellowships (one for fiction, one for nonfiction), two Will Rogers Medallion Awards, and three Spur awards from Western Writers of America. His recent books include Dark Prairie and Death in Cantera, frontier mystery novels with Five Star.
Connect with John D. Nesbitt at www.johndnesbitt.com.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Five Star Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1432834002
• ISBN 13: 9781432834005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 227