A railroad is a community that stretches hundreds of miles in either direction, and it cares about protecting its own. So when a local boy is found murdered sixty miles down the track under a bridge,
A railroad is a community that stretches hundreds of miles in either direction, and it cares about protecting its own. So when a local boy is found murdered sixty miles down the track under a bridge, it quickly becomes Hook Runyon's job to find out what happened. He's dealing with the constraints of his new job and the presence of an aspiring criminologist from Back East, a mixture ripe for all hell breaking loose.
Sheldon Russell has taught at the University of Louisville and the University of Central Oklahoma. He is the award—winning author of eight novels, including The Yard Dog and The Insane Train. He lives in Oklahoma.
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