A dark, psychologically compelling story of grift, greed, and a salesman in trouble, from 'the finest Scottish novelist of our time' (Telegraph).Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Book AwardEddie Cameron is a thirty-five-year-old salesman for Rocklight Ltd., an electrical equipment firm in Glasgow, w
A Gift From Crick
โ Scribed by John McNally
- Publisher
- Robert Hale;The Crowood Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Sailors Diggings an isolated mining settlement is left reeling when outlaws slaughter seventeen of the stunned population and clean out the assay office stealing $75,000 worth of freshly mined gold. A group of vigilantes led by Don Plunkett give chase determined to dispense some Old West justice. Eddie Carter is mistaken for a gang member and to escape a lynching he must go on the run handcuffed to outlaw leader Dave Mooney, the man responsible for the death of his partner. In the confrontation that follows, the stolen gold disappears with an outcome that nobody could have anticipated.
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