- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd (29 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0709091885
- ISBN-13: 978-0709091882
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,410,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After more than twenty years of living a life on the road, Delta Rose returns to the ranch he once owned with his fiancee, Etta James. A bullet wedged close to his heart has dealt Delta the dead man's hand. He soon discovers Etta has a secret: they have a son who, by now a young man, is in trouble. He is charged with both robbery and murder. Can Delta redeem himself for a past ill spent and save the life of the son he never knew he had?
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Format:Hardcover
Grim stuff, this. After more than 20 years away, Delta returns to the ranch he started with Etta James. He upped and left, itchy to make it rich elsewhere. He always planned on coming back - but it took him over two decades to get around to it. The main reason probably had something to do with the bullet lodged in his chest, working its way towards his heart. Delta was on borrowed time.
When he learns that he has a son by Etta, and the boy's running with the wrong crowd, Delta finds a reason for living. If only for a little while longer - so he can seek redemption and turn the boy away from the road of crime.
Jack Martin's third novel is sombre affair about lost chances. There's some good writing in here, too:
"With death peering over a man's shoulder, its icy breath felt on the back of a man's neck, everything was enhanced. The cobalt sky was saturated and the landscape vividly exaggerated."
Etta has problems, it seems, not only from her wayward son. Despotic Maxwell King owns half the town and now wants to own her. Which isn't too surprising, since Etta's "beauty was more than physical. It came from within, a radiance that positively shone in her eyes."
There's also a humorous cross-reference to the earlier novel, Arkansas Smith.
Delta is a man of few words, but, despite his days being numbered, he won't compromise on right and wrong. He'll fight for what is right. Which makes him a dangerous man - since he has nothing to lose.
When he learns that he has a son by Etta, and the boy's running with the wrong crowd, Delta finds a reason for living. If only for a little while longer - so he can seek redemption and turn the boy away from the road of crime.
Jack Martin's third novel is sombre affair about lost chances. There's some good writing in here, too:
"With death peering over a man's shoulder, its icy breath felt on the back of a man's neck, everything was enhanced. The cobalt sky was saturated and the landscape vividly exaggerated."
Etta has problems, it seems, not only from her wayward son. Despotic Maxwell King owns half the town and now wants to own her. Which isn't too surprising, since Etta's "beauty was more than physical. It came from within, a radiance that positively shone in her eyes."
There's also a humorous cross-reference to the earlier novel, Arkansas Smith.
Delta is a man of few words, but, despite his days being numbered, he won't compromise on right and wrong. He'll fight for what is right. Which makes him a dangerous man - since he has nothing to lose.
Format:Hardcover
Jack Martin knows how to tell a western. Picked this one up from the mailbox this morning and finished it in one sitting.
The tale is set up nicely. Delta Rose, a wanderer, returns home after twenty years, only to learn he has a son. He's home for his own reasons, to die and say good-bye before he goes. A bullet is lodged near his heart, to close for an operation, and it has begun to affect him. Occasional movement brings bouts of paralysis and Delta knows he doesn't have much time.
He finds a reason to live when he learns his son is in a bit of trouble. He's wanted for a murder he didn't do and a robbery he did and Delta, when he talks to the boy and learns the truth, is determined to clear his son of the murder and make him face up to the robbery.
Top notch. Worth a look.
The tale is set up nicely. Delta Rose, a wanderer, returns home after twenty years, only to learn he has a son. He's home for his own reasons, to die and say good-bye before he goes. A bullet is lodged near his heart, to close for an operation, and it has begun to affect him. Occasional movement brings bouts of paralysis and Delta knows he doesn't have much time.
He finds a reason to live when he learns his son is in a bit of trouble. He's wanted for a murder he didn't do and a robbery he did and Delta, when he talks to the boy and learns the truth, is determined to clear his son of the murder and make him face up to the robbery.
Top notch. Worth a look.
Format:Hardcover
Jack Martin goes from strength to strength will a well plotted novel. Good strong cast of characters keep the readers interest going.
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