Brimstone

by Robert B. Parker

In the third of bestselling author Robert B. Parker's western thrillers, renegade lawmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole swoop in and carry Virgil's former heartthrob, Allie French, away from her disheartening work at a brothel. The three find there way to the town of Brimstone, where, despite their best efforts to settle down, there is too much trouble brewing for things to stay calm for long. Between a greedy saloon keeper and a swindler of a preacher, Everett and Virgil can't help but get their hands dirty trying to maintain a semblance of order in this wild western town.

Editions of Brimstone

ISBN 9780425234617	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Berkley Pub Group	Date 2010	Price $10.99
ISBN 9781594133848	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 2010	Price None Available
ISBN 9780399155710	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Putnam Pub Group	Date 2009	Price $6.73	Good
ISBN 9780739382950	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Random House	Date 2009	Price $17.55	NEW
ISBN 9781597229951	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Wheeler Pub Inc	Date 2009	Price $44.25	NEW

Publisher Notes

Determined to locate a woman he loves who inexplicably ran off, hired gunman Virgil Cole, along with deputy Everett Hitch, makes his way across New Mexico and Texas before finding her in a brothel, a situation complicated by a religious man and saloon violence. By the best-selling author of Appaloosa. (Western).

Media Reviews

"[C]lassic Parker--exciting, suspenseful, fast-moving and entertaining."

Synopses

Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole track down Virgil's sweetheart Allie and the three head north to start over in the town of Brimstone. Given their reputations as guns for hire, Everett and Virgil are able to secure positions as the town's deputies. But a sanctimonious leader of a local church stirs up trouble at the local saloons, and as the violence escalates into murder, the two struggle to keep the peace.

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