City of Widows (Page Murdock Series #5)

by Loren D. Estleman

Overview

Page Murdock has been sent to the tough New Mexico of 1881 to track down a man and bring him to justice. But more than a trail of revenge, Murdock finds himself on a desperate odyssey. For in the Southwest a friend can turn out to be one's cruelest enemy, an enemy one's finest friend. And the woman Murdock loves will be as voluptuous as Venus and wicked as sin.
City of Widows shows western author Loren D. Estleman at the top of his game.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466851832
Publisher:	Tom Doherty Associates
Publication date:	09/23/2025
Series:	Page Murdock Series , #5
Sold by:	OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Loren D. Estleman was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BA degree in English Literature and Journalism in 1974. In 2002, the university awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters for his contribution to American literature.
He is the author of more than fifty novels in the categories of mystery, historical western, and mainstream, and has received four Western Writers of American Golden Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, and three Shamus Awards. He has been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Britain's Silver Dagger, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2003, the mammoth Encyclopedia of Detective Fiction named him the most critically acclaimed writer of U.S. detective

Loren D. Estleman was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BA degree in English Literature and Journalism in 1974. In 2002, the university awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters for his contribution to American literature.
He is the author of more than fifty novels in the categories of mystery, historical western, and mainstream, and has received four Western Writers of American Golden Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, and three Shamus Awards. He has been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Britain's Silver Dagger, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2003, the mammoth Encyclopedia of Detective Fiction named him the most critically acclaimed writer of U.S. detective

Editorial Reviews

A lawman looking to settle down, Page Murdock buys a half-interest in the Apache Princess, a saloon in San Sabado, with partner Junior Harper. Looking for capital to buy the fixtures of a bankrupt bar up north, they enlist the financial support of County Sheriff Frank Baronet, who possesses a self-serving stance on the law and has previously locked horns with Murdock. But Murdock insists this deal is strictly business. Gradually, though, Murdock's real agenda is revealed. He's doing a personal favor for federal judge Harlan Blackthorne, whose life was once saved by a man named Uriah Spooner. Spooner's son and daughter-in-law were recently killed in the Lincoln County Wars by a band of renegades including Baronet and his brother Ross. Before Congress can pass a law granting amnesty for all acts committed in the wars, Blackthorne wants to avenge his savior's offspring. Of the federal marshals who worked for Blackthorne, Murdock is the least likely to bring 'em back alive. Master storyteller Estleman--who mines both western and mystery genres and is the author of the popular Amos Walker private-eye series--weaves a complex plot and populates it with three-dimensional characters whose actions are always slightly unexpected. This is a real treat for western fans who need a break from the same old same old.

Wes Lukowsky

"It's a honey."—Elmore Leonard

"Prose as picturesque as the Painted Desert...."—The New York Times

"Seized me by mind and throat and never let go. I loved it...(should) sell a million copies."—David Nevin, author of the New York Times bestseller Dream West

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