by Robert Knott
First published 2015
A menacing storm approaches Appaloosa as night riders appear at the Rio Blanco camp, where workers are building a massive three-hundred-foot bridge. The trouble escalates when the town's sheriff and his deputies disappear completely, leaving no clues behind. Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch mount up to investigate the vanishing lawmen and restore order to the unsettled town. The veteran lawmen believe they can handle whatever awaits them, but they have no sense of the true scope of the threat gathering like storm clouds. As Cole and Hitch dig deeper into the mystery, they discover that the danger extends far beyond missing deputies and mysterious riders. The partnership that has carried them through countless challenges will be tested as darkness spreads across Appaloosa and the stakes climb higher than either marshal anticipated.
Genres: american-fiction, adventure, mystery, action
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: danger, mystery, partnership
Setting: Appaloosa, Rio Blanco
Period: 19th-century
400 pages · Paperback · G.P. Putnam's Sons