Dead to Rights: A Novel: Based on a True Story - Couverture souple

Hertzog, Gail

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ISBN 10 : 1737085828 ISBN 13 : 9781737085829

Editeur : Long-legged Something Press, 2025

Synopsis

Dead to Rights

On the Fourth of July, 1915, Red Forquer is gunned down in his own barn, shot three times with a long rifle while unarmed. He is ambushed by a murderer lying in wait, but by whom, and why? His murder remains unsolved to this day.
William Haldane Red Forquer lives in Winnemucca, Nevada. He owns the Combination Bar, a large and prosperous brothel in a small town bursting with miners, ranchers, and construction workers. Red, a former lawman, is the town bully, quick to anger and slow to forgive.
Red marries his wife, Jo, in 1913 and they live and work together, running the saloon and brothel that is the Combination. He abuses Jo regularly, driving her to offer a public plea for someone—anyone—to kill her husband and free her from her perilous circumstance. In short order, Red is dead in the barn.
There are plenty of suspects aside from Jo. Is a member of the local Chinese Tong to blame, for Red certainly crosses them? Is it one of the local townsmen Red attacks and beats in public? Is it one of the wealthy businessmen Red blackmails? Or is it, in fact, his wife and a hired gunman? Add into the mix the appearance of a corrupt detective, an extorted sheriff, and an ethical and idealistic young lawyer. Jo is held to answer for the crime of murder in a world where women cannot even sit on a jury. Her life hangs in the balance.
Dead to Rights is the fictionalized account of Red’s unsolved murder, based upon historical documents and court records. Told in two voices, Dead to Rights transports the reader into the seedy world of 1915 prostitution, drugs, and fraud. It also takes the reader into the tortured existence of a woman and the unlikely friendships she forges as she navigates the deadly waters of domestic violence.
This book offers a gritty look at a western town just before World War I, told through complex and realistic characters and compelling imagery. It is jarringly honest. It offers a fascinating window into the ways women work together to survive in dangerous situations, society’s views on its own sordid criminal elements, and the prospect of absolution.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Long-legged Something Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1737085828
• ISBN 13: 9781737085829
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Swecker Theodocia
• Nombre de pages: 454
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