by Robert Knott
First published 2017
Territorial marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch thought peace had returned to Appaloosa after Boston Bill Black's murder charges were dismissed. Their quiet spell ends when Augustus Noble Driggs breaks out of a border penitentiary near Mexico. The square-jawed, powerfully built convict had terrorized inmates and guards alike before leading a brutal escape that included kidnapping a woman. Now Driggs roams free with a band of dangerous criminals, pursuing a hidden fortune in gold and jewels while hunting the men who once betrayed him. Cole and Hitch join the manhunt alongside an unconventional Yankee detective. The chase grows personal when Driggs learns that one of his pursuers is a fellow West Point graduate. The escaped convict proves ruthless, leaving bodies in his path as he seeks bloody revenge. Cole and Hitch must stop him before his quest for vengeance claims more lives.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Appaloosa, Mexico
Period: 19th-century
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