Jack Laramie, grandson of the legendary US Marshal Cash
Laramie, is a tough-as-nails WWII vet roaming the modern West. He lives out of
a horse trailer hitched to the back of a DeSoto, searching out PI gigs to keep
him afloat.
With his car limping along, Jack barely makes it to the sleepy town of Clyde, Texas, where he stops at a garage. While waiting for repairs, he accepts a job from the sheriff, pulling surveillance on a local oilman allegedly running liquor to Indian reservations in Oklahoma. When Jack runs afoul of several locals and becomes dangerously close to the oilman’s hot-to-trot wife, he wonders if the money is worth his life.
Garnett Elliott writes in the best hardboiled tradition of the masters and turns out a tour-de-force novelette, clocking in at a trim, fighting 9k words. Take a chance on this new series ... and experience a Jack Laramie beat.
James Reasoner and Randy Johnson on "The Drifter Detective."
With his car limping along, Jack barely makes it to the sleepy town of Clyde, Texas, where he stops at a garage. While waiting for repairs, he accepts a job from the sheriff, pulling surveillance on a local oilman allegedly running liquor to Indian reservations in Oklahoma. When Jack runs afoul of several locals and becomes dangerously close to the oilman’s hot-to-trot wife, he wonders if the money is worth his life.
Garnett Elliott writes in the best hardboiled tradition of the masters and turns out a tour-de-force novelette, clocking in at a trim, fighting 9k words. Take a chance on this new series ... and experience a Jack Laramie beat.
James Reasoner and Randy Johnson on "The Drifter Detective."
I've been to a few sleep Texas towns. You know what they say, Let sleeping towns lie!
ReplyDeleteSweet Freakin' Moses, how the hell did I not hear about this until now???
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