num_pages: 240
description: The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight but Mike Shevlin knew it couldnt be the man whod been like a father to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back to Rafter Crossing to uncover the truth he finds that the quiet ranching community has become a booming mining town. Newfound wealth has not made Rafter a peaceful place however and the smell of fear and greed is thick in the air. As Mike Shevlin tries to unravel the mystery of Pattersons death he is led deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that controls not only the fate of Rafter Crossing but the heart of a beautiful but tormented young womanand Shevlins own destiny.
language: English
title: The High Graders: A Novel
publisher: Bantam