TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nesbitt,John D.
TI  - Playing a lone hand
SN  - 9781420528060
PY  - 2025///
CY  - [Waterville, ME]
PB  - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
KW  - Kidnapping
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Ranches
KW  - Widows
KW  - Murder
KW  - Stepmothers
KW  - Stepbrothers
KW  - Detectives
KW  - Corruption
KW  - Fraud
KW  - Large type books
KW  - Western fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Large print books
N1  - White City -- Buckskin Trail -- Blood at the Ranch -- Pearl of Great Price -- Of Emerald Hue -- Leaving the Lariat Trail
N2  - "PLAYING A LONE HAND is a collection of six Western fiction stories. In WHITE CITY, a stranger comes to a tent city looking for a kidnapped girl. In BUCKSKIN TRAIL, a cowhand helps a widow find her late husband's killer. In BLOOD AT THE RANCH, a young man confronts trouble when his father brings a stepmother and stepbrother to the ranch. In PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, a detective looks for a girl who has been kidnapped. In OF EMERALD HUE, the same detective looks for a teenage girl who may have been kidnapped. In LEAVING THE LARIAT TRAIL, a man has to defend himself against former associates when he decides he doesn't want to be part of their crooked enterprise anymore."--Back cover
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