Then There Was Murder

Then There Was Murder

Then There Was Murder

Donovan Harrison

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AuthorHouse
Año de edición:
2005
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781420868913
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Many county sheriffs serve all of their lives and never have to investigate a murder, but not Billy Harshburger. He finds that he has to investigate the murder of a former deputy, Bob Stewart, now turned bartender and informant, and he has to do it his first term in office.Sheriff Billy Harshburger quickly tracks down an eyewitness to the murder. She not only saw Bob Stewart killed, but she knows the killer, Jay Talbot. Billy leads his deputies out to apprehend Jay Talbot, but all they end up with is his brain-fried, nymphomaniac girlfriend whose needs are basic and she express those needs in basic language, and a wounded deputy.Then the hunt is on. Jay Talbot calls the sheriffs office and he wants his girlfriend released. He threatens them with kidnapping a child from a Roger Mills County school unless she is released.Now, not only is Sheriff Billy Harshburger short one wounded deputy, but he must guard the schools as well. Enter the FBI. The FBI asks Billy Harshburger to take Jay Talbot alive if at all possible. They suspect a conspiracy. Bob Stewart is not the only informant that has been killed with the same gun.In spite of their best efforts, a child is kidnapped. Jay calls with an ultimatum, release his girlfriend in three days or the child dies.Then There Was Murder is a novel, which will keep you on the edge of your seat and keep you reading until you read the last word.

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