The Judas Tree (Luke Starbuck, #7) [Paperback]

Matt Braun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1982

Some men were digging for gold. Some men were digging graves. And someone was getting away with murder...

You went through a rugged paradise to reach Virginia City, Montana. Then you came to hell: a ramshackle town where fifty-six men have been killed, dozens of stagecoaches have been robbed, and a fanatical vigilante leader is threatening to blow the town sky-high. In Denver, Luke Starbuck was hired to stop the epidemic. But when he gets to Virginia City, he finds a tough sheriff already hanging outlaws as fast as he can, a mystery swirling around a young woman's murder, and a whole lot of people with blood on their hands. Working undercover with the help of a beautiful stage star, Starbuck soon discovers that the chaos of Virginia City is really a well-oiled and murderous crime machine. To take it apart, the West's most legendary detective has to find the Judas lurking behind every violent crime-and then he has to kill him...

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"Matt Braun is one of the best!" -Don Coldsmith, author of The Spanish Bit series

"He tells it straight-and he tells it well." -Jory Sherman, author of Grass Kingdom

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From the Inside Flap

Dying Hope

The window exploded. Starbuck reacted on sheer instinct and threw himself backward in his chair. He crashed into the wall, pulling his Colt as the chair collapsed and he toppled to the floor. Hoyt jackknifed to his feet and gaped at two men dimly visible through the shattered window. Then the men opened fire with sawed-off shotguns.

Starbuck levered himself up on one arm before the men could reload. He sighted on the shadowy figures and thumbed off a hurried snap shot. One of the men screamed and dropped his scattergun. Starbuck triggered another shot and then realized he was firing at an empty window. The men were gone, and in the sudden stillness he heard pounding footsteps on the boardwalk. Starbuck cursed the darkness and his own shooting. The man he'd hit wasn't wounded, for they were both running at top speed.

A look around confirmed what he already knew. George Hoyt was dead, and with him had died any hope of a quick break in the case...
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pocket (April 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671419943
• ISBN-13: 978-0671419943
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,460,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)