Ride The Pink Horse by Dorothy Hughes
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.
Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast suspense into such an uncanny spell, and she's never done it better* * San Francisco Chronicle * *
Dorothy B Hughes was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1904. She lived and worked for the majority of her life in New Mexico, writing fourteen crime and mystery novels, of which three were successfully adapted for the screen: The Fallen Sparrow, starring John Garfield, Ride the Pink Horse, directed by Robert Montgomery and In a Lonely Place, starring Humphrey Bogart. She died in 1993.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841952772 |
| ISBN 10 | 184195277X |
| Title | Ride The Pink Horse |
| Author | Dorothy Hughes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2002-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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