Beautiful Arly Walbridge is found hanging by a rope in a cottonwood grove. To sheriff Pickles Offut, the signs are clear: suicide, pure and simple. But Frank James, reporter and Arly's old lover, doesn't believe it. Rich in character, Barbed Wire is a taut, emotionally charged mystery that will keep readers guessing to the last page.
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Fackler's new whodunit doesn't measure up to her Arson, which received critical praise. She demonstrates the same exceptional writing skills here, but the story sags under many implausible, too-red herrings. Narrator Frank James, a Texas newspaper reporter, goes to Holler, a town run by a crooked sheriff Pickles Offut. Hoping to visit his plucky friend and bed partner, Arly Walbridge, James learns she has hanged herself. Angry at what he sees as a cover-up for murder, the reporter vows to catch the killer. He meets attractive Baxter McCullough who now lives in Arly's place, and she offers to help, putting herself in jeopardy along with James. There are many sleazy types in Holler with reason to hate Arly for being an outspoken rebel. The likeliest suspects are Offut and his henchman, challenged in fierce fights by the investigator and Arly's few allies, who prevail, in a way. The author solves the mystery with a contrivance clumsier than all those preceding it.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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