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The Peaceful Valley crime wave /

1914. Nothing much happens in Peaceful Valley, Montana ... and that's just how Sheriff Lucas Monk likes it. He hasn't had to resort to his fists or sidearm in years. Then the theft of a wooden cigar store Indian sets off a crime wave like nothing Lucas has ever seen. Teenager Charity Axthe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pronzini, Bill (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Forge, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sheriffs > Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Montana > Fiction.
Montana > Fiction.
FICTION > Westerns.
FICTION > Mystery & Detective > Historical.
Missing persons.
Murder > Investigation.
Sheriffs.
Montana.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Western fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Western stories.
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Summary:1914. Nothing much happens in Peaceful Valley, Montana ... and that's just how Sheriff Lucas Monk likes it. He hasn't had to resort to his fists or sidearm in years. Then the theft of a wooden cigar store Indian sets off a crime wave like nothing Lucas has ever seen. Teenager Charity Axthelm goes missing, and Reba Purvis's housekeeper is poisoned with cyanide Reba is sure was meant for her. It's not long before the first corpse shows up, and it's up to Monk to solve each of the crimes and restore the peace. -- adapted from jacket
Item Description:"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Physical Description:252 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780765394415
0765394413