Strong Ambitions by Hutchinson, Gp

Strong Ambitions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781976492877)

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Format: Paperback
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Strong Ambitions by Hutchinson, Gp

Strong Ambitions

$11.99
Strong Ambitions by Hutchinson, Gp

Strong Ambitions

$11.99
Format: Paperback
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Tiny, yet prospering Benficklin, Texas, wants a clean, respectable town marshal to safeguard their pristine community from the kind of riffraff that turned neighboring Santa Angela into a raucous string of blood-spattered saloons and bawdy sporting houses. Former Texas Ranger Emmett Strong seems to be just the man Benficklin's town fathers are looking for, once they're satisfied that his Chinese wife, Li, is "sufficiently civilized."Reputations aside, Benficklin-not Santa Angela-is the town with the next scandal on its hands, when the ravaged body of a young, murdered Mexican girl is found lying in the middle of Main Street.Initial signs suggest hard-drinking cowboy Quirt Langdon may have done the deed. Emmett, however, senses that things aren't exactly as they appear. Nearby Fort Concho's Captain Roderick Prentiss seems peculiarly interested in what is clearly a civilian case. And Santa Angela's most eccentric resident gambler, Nate Chaffin, gives the impression he knows things he's not telling. To top it all off, two of Benficklin's leading citizens end up assassinated in their own backyard.While local officials pressure Emmett to hastily hang either a suspect or a scapegoat, honor drives the former Ranger to seek true justice for the poor murdered girl, as well as for the two prominent citizens. Ill-tempered townsfolk, pilfered evidence, and somebody taking potshots at him and his wife make Emmett wonder whether he'll live to unravel the mystery or become the next corpse folks find in the dusty streets of Benficklin.

Author: Gp Hutchinson
ISBN-10: 1976492874
ISBN-13: 9781976492877
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2017
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d
By Gp Hutchinson
By Gp Hutchinson
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GP Hutchinson fell in love with the Old West decades ago-the gritty reality of the era, the daunting yet breathtaking scope and scale of the land, and the colorful (if somewhat fanciful) tales of heroes and heroines who overcame the odds. Texas was his home for a few years, and subsequent visits to states throughout the West only served to deepen his enthusiasm for the region and his appreciation of its people. In 2015 he published his first Western novel, Strong Convictions, which won him the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award for Best First Western of that year, as well as a National Indie Excellence Award. Strong Suspicions, the second volume in the Emmett Strong Western series, garnered a Gold Medal in the 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards. Regarding Strong Convictions, Classic Western film star Alex Cord wrote, "GP Hutchinson has the gift to tell a compelling tale, enlighten you without preaching and keep you on the edge of your seat. He takes you on unexpected trails populated by flesh and blood characters of depth and substance." A graduate of Louisiana State University and Dallas Theological Seminary, Hutchinson has lived in Costa Rica and Spain. He currently resides in upstate South Carolina with his wife, Carolyn. Besides writing, he enjoys spending time in the mountains and horseback riding whenever the opportunity arises.

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