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Title details for On Deadly Ground by Michael Norman - Available

On Deadly Ground

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by Michael Norman
Patrick Lawlor
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Kanab, Utah, is bitterly divided by the politics of land management. The conflict pits environmentalist David Greenbriar against the Citizens for a Free West. When the bullet-ridden body of Greenbriar is soon found, the county sheriff seeks help from newly appointed Law Enforcement Ranger J. D. Books. Books discovers a possible witness to the murder, a reclusive teenager with a penchant for disappearing into the wilderness.

Books connects Greenbriar's murder to a corrupt sheriff's department deputy and a Las Vegas business conglomerate with ties to organized crime. Then a dangerous mob contract killer shows up who will stop at nothing to eliminate any evidence linking his employer to Greenbriar's murder. The contract killer returns to Kanab to hunt down the missing teenage witness and for an inevitable show down with Books.

  • Creators

  • Series

    J. D. Books Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 1, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481569408
      • File size: 247880 KB
      • Duration: 08:36:24

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 14, 2009
      Mining interests and conservation forces clash in southern Utah in this absorbing whodunit from Norman (The Commission
      ). Shortly after J.D. Books, a new Bureau of Land Management law enforcement ranger, returns to his hometown of Kanab, the sheriff asks him to take a look at a crime scene. The bullet-ridden body of David Greenbriar, the head of the Escalante Environmental Wilderness Alliance, was found hanging from a beam in a barn used as an old west movie set, though it’s clear the victim was shot elsewhere. A former cop who left the Denver police force under a cloud, Books soon locates Greenbriar’s abandoned SUV, with blood traces on the door, near a trail head miles away. Greenbriar’s wife’s lover, a fellow EEWA member, emerges as the prime suspect, but Books has his doubts. A well-crafted plot with plenty of action, a likable hero with a checkered past, and a magnificent western setting make this one a winner.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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