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Ride the Pink Horse
- Author
- Dorothy B. Hughes
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Publish Date
- 19 August 2014
- Run Time
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
During Fiesta, three desperate men converge in a perilous New Mexico town
It takes four days for Sailor to travel to New Mexico by bus. He arrives broke, sweaty, and ready to get what's his. It's the annual Fiesta, and the locals burn an effigy of Zozobra so that their troubles follow the mythical character into the fire. But for former senator Willis Douglass, trouble is just beginning.
Sailor was Willis' personal secretary when his wife died in an apparent robbery gone wrong. Only Sailor knows it was Willis who ordered her murder, and he's agreed to keep his mouth shut in exchange for a little bit of cash. On Sailor's tail is a cop who wants the senator for more than a payoff. As Fiesta rages on, these three men will circle one another in a dance of death, as they chase truth, money, and revenge.
Critics Review
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“Hughes is the master we keep turning to.”
Sara Paretsky, New York Times bestselling author
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“In this excellent novel Dorothy Hughes has given us a sympathetic study of the development of a criminal.”
New York Times
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“Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast suspense into such an uncanny spell, and she’s never done it better.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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Details
- Author
- Dorothy B. Hughes
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Duration
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 August 2014
- ISBN
- 9781483032603
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
During Fiesta, three desperate men converge in a perilous New Mexico townIt takes four days for Sailor to travel to New Mexico by bus. He arrives broke, sweaty, and ready to get what's his. It's the annual Fiesta, and the locals burn an effigy of Zozobra so that their troubles follow the mythical character into the fire. But for former senator Willis Douglass, trouble is just beginning.Sailor was Willis' personal secretary when his wife died in an apparent robbery gone wrong. Only Sailor knows it was Willis who ordered her murder, and he's agreed to keep his mouth shut in exchange for a little bit of cash. On Sailor's tail is a cop who wants the senator for more than a payoff. As Fiesta rages on, these three men will circle one another in a dance of death, as they chase truth, money, and revenge.
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