The story opens with an average guy (in the 1860s) named Luke, who while getting married to his wife-to-be, Audrey is shot by a villainous gang of thieves and murderers. The book follows his recovery and quest to find his wife. He presents himself as a Pinkerton Detective (he's not) to get leads on the gang, and he gets himself in lots of trouble. At one point, I was thinking "how much bad stuff can happen to one guy trying to do the right thing?" - The story takes a twist when he gets out of jail from a mystery benefactor, later meets a Pinkerton detective and gets in more trouble! The events near the end of the story reveals a twist you won't see coming. I didn't! It was a great novel, and I highly recommend it.
ABOUT THE BOOK: A man rides a path of vengeance in this all-new Ralph Compton Western in the Sundown Riders series.
Luke Hadley never imagined he would be left for dead with a chest full of bullets on the day of his wedding. All he wanted to do was tend to his farm with his new wife, Audrey, and begin their lives together.
But when the Rhodes Gang crashes his wedding party, they wreak havoc and abduct his bride, leaving the lifeless bodies of his guests. Luke has only a sparse trail of clues to follow, but with help from a phony Pinkerton badge and a mysterious woman with many skills—including breaking him out of jail—he finally rides down those who’ve wronged him....
“The greatest Western writer of them all.”—The Tombstone Epitaph
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