TY - BOOK AU - Johnstone,William W. AU - Johnston,J.A. AU - TI - Hell's Half Acre: Cold-Blooded T2 - Hells Half Acre SN - 0786039469 PY - 2017///] CY - New York, New York PB - Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. KW - Sheriffs KW - Fiction KW - Outlaws KW - Criminals KW - Cities and towns KW - Robbers and outlaws KW - Texas KW - Western fiction KW - lcgft KW - Western stories KW - gsafd N2 - "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 ER -