Trouble at Mesquite Flats
By: Will Keen
Series: Black horse western; Black horse western
Publisher: Robert Hale; The Crowood Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780709093138
Subjects: Murder; Gunfights; Fiction
Description: "Soon after his arrival in Mesquite Flats, ex-New York businessman Bodene Rich is committed to Yuma Penitentiary for a vicious assault. Six months later Rich is released, in light of new evidence, and pardoned by Warden Bradley Shaw. On the day of Rich's release, Shaw hands in his resignation and when he is shot dead on the trail by an unknown gunman, Rich is once again in trouble. Rich finds himself further blighted by circumstance and finds himself working towards a showdown involving a bloody gun battle in open country, where the outcome hangs in the balance until the final shot is fired ..."--Publisher's description.