Red River Mysteries
Poisoned Pen Press
June 2011
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Featuring: Ned Parker
250 pages ISBN: 159058886X EAN: 9781590588864 Paperback Add to Wish List
In 1964, farmer and part-time Constable Ned Parker combine
forces with John Washington, the almost mythical black
deputy sheriff from nearby Paris, to track down a disturbed
individual who is rapidly becoming a threat to the entire
small Texas community of Center Springs.
When Ned is summoned to a hot cornfield one morning to
examine the remains of a tortured bird dog, he finds a dark
presence in their quiet community. A farmer by trade, Ned is
usually confident when it comes to handling moonshiners,
drunks and domestic disputes. But the animal atrocities turn
to murder, and the investigation spins beyond his abilities.
After a dizzying series of twists, eccentric characters and
dead-ends, Ned’s friend, cranky Judge O.C. Rains, is forced
to contact the FBI. Worse, sinister warnings that his family
has been targeted by the killer lead Ned to the startling
discovery that he knows the murderer very well. After the
failed abduction of his precocious grandchildren Top and
Pepper, the old lawman becomes judge and jury to end the
murder spree in the Red River bottomlands.
With a heart-pounding pace, country humor and a stunning
climax speaks to the darkness in us all. In bald-headed
pot-bellied Ned Parker, Wortham has created an authentic
American hero who will put you in mind of the best heroes
and antiheroes you’ve ever experienced.
The year 1964 was the end of an era in Center Springs, and
the climax may well shock your civilized sensibilities.
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