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Shoot First

by Ed Gorman · 2006

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Straight-shooting Western fiction.

Sheriff Reed Matthews investigates the murder of a lumber baron and uncovers a long-buried secret that the most prominent men in Butte City would do anything to keep quiet.

Genre
crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiswesternwesternMore like thisLess of this
Themes
murdermurderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisColoradoColoradoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 265 pages

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