Winding Stair
Author: Jones, Douglas C.
ISBN: 9780451234797
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 06 Dec 2011
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"i>Winding Stair/i> is i>True Grit/i> for grown-ups... A significant and highly entertaining contribution to the popular literature of the American West."-i>The New York Times/i>/b>br> b>/b>br> Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1890, is a haven of justice presiding over thousands of square miles known as the Indian Nation, a land that harbors the most hardened criminals in the country. When a woman is found murdered, young attorney Eben Pay, newly arrived to the territory, is pulled into a posse that follows a trail of blood and destruction. Among the dead he discovers a survivor, the beautiful, traumatized Jennie Thrasher, and the question of what she witnessed hangs like a storm cloud over the investigation. From the trial to the courtroom,i>Winding Stair/i>is a classic historical novel that brings to vivid life a bygone era.
ISBN: 9780451234797
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 06 Dec 2011
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"i>Winding Stair/i> is i>True Grit/i> for grown-ups... A significant and highly entertaining contribution to the popular literature of the American West."-i>The New York Times/i>/b>br> b>/b>br> Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1890, is a haven of justice presiding over thousands of square miles known as the Indian Nation, a land that harbors the most hardened criminals in the country. When a woman is found murdered, young attorney Eben Pay, newly arrived to the territory, is pulled into a posse that follows a trail of blood and destruction. Among the dead he discovers a survivor, the beautiful, traumatized Jennie Thrasher, and the question of what she witnessed hangs like a storm cloud over the investigation. From the trial to the courtroom,i>Winding Stair/i>is a classic historical novel that brings to vivid life a bygone era.
