Hell's Half Acre: Cold-Blooded
Johnstone, William W.,
Hell's Half Acre: Cold-Blooded [af] William W. Johnstone ; with J.A. Johnstone. - 362 pages ; 17 cm. - Hells Half Acre ; bk. 2 . - Johnstone, William W. Hells half acre ; bk. 2. .
"Sheriff Jess Carey and his oddball band of sidekicks have pulled off the impossible, taming Hells Half Acre, the most lawless town in Texas, infamous for murder, mayhem, prostitution, and every random act of bloodshed imaginable. Now the no-good politicians in Austin have decided its cheaper to dump hordes of criminals on Jess Careys town than hanging em. In one dreadful week it seems as if the gates of Hell have burst open. Freed outlaws, gunslingers, bandits, rapists, desperados, drifters, and miscreants are roaming Hells Half Acre--and Jess and his deputies are running out of bullets fast. As the fighting rages, some ruthless, powerful men see their chance to kill Sheriff Jess Carey and take the town for their own..." -- Page 4 of cover.
0786039469 9780786039463
Sheriffs--Fiction.
Outlaws--Fiction.
Criminals--Fiction.
Cities and towns--Fiction.
Robbers and outlaws--Fiction.
Texas--Fiction.
Western fiction.
Western stories.
Hell's Half Acre: Cold-Blooded [af] William W. Johnstone ; with J.A. Johnstone. - 362 pages ; 17 cm. - Hells Half Acre ; bk. 2 . - Johnstone, William W. Hells half acre ; bk. 2. .
"Sheriff Jess Carey and his oddball band of sidekicks have pulled off the impossible, taming Hells Half Acre, the most lawless town in Texas, infamous for murder, mayhem, prostitution, and every random act of bloodshed imaginable. Now the no-good politicians in Austin have decided its cheaper to dump hordes of criminals on Jess Careys town than hanging em. In one dreadful week it seems as if the gates of Hell have burst open. Freed outlaws, gunslingers, bandits, rapists, desperados, drifters, and miscreants are roaming Hells Half Acre--and Jess and his deputies are running out of bullets fast. As the fighting rages, some ruthless, powerful men see their chance to kill Sheriff Jess Carey and take the town for their own..." -- Page 4 of cover.
0786039469 9780786039463
Sheriffs--Fiction.
Outlaws--Fiction.
Criminals--Fiction.
Cities and towns--Fiction.
Robbers and outlaws--Fiction.
Texas--Fiction.
Western fiction.
Western stories.