Playing Catch-Up
Published on 26. May 2015
185 pages
978-1-4976-5269-9 (ISBN)
Description
A ruthless killer preys on the young women of Montana in this tale of suspense from a pioneer of Western fiction
Madame Simone runs a brothel on the outskirts of Overthrust, Montana, an oil town just down the road from the ranching community of Midbury. Her business is serene, discreet, and profitable-until one of her girls is murdered.
When his other deputies fail to turn up any leads, Sheriff Chick Charleston asks his college-educated colleague Jason Beard to look into the case. Jase immediately uncovers two vital clues: a mysterious stranger who publicly threatened Laura Jane on the night she was killed and a beloved piece of jewelry missing from her personal effects. Just when Charleston and Jase begin to think they are making progress, however, a teenage girl dies under frighteningly similar circumstances.
To find the culprit, the sheriff and his deputy must be patient, cunning, and resourceful. Set against the backdrop of a land whose rugged beauty and vast open spaces attract dreamers and criminals alike, Playing Catch-Upis an engrossing detective story and a tribute to the unique adventure of small-town life in the West.
Madame Simone runs a brothel on the outskirts of Overthrust, Montana, an oil town just down the road from the ranching community of Midbury. Her business is serene, discreet, and profitable-until one of her girls is murdered.
When his other deputies fail to turn up any leads, Sheriff Chick Charleston asks his college-educated colleague Jason Beard to look into the case. Jase immediately uncovers two vital clues: a mysterious stranger who publicly threatened Laura Jane on the night she was killed and a beloved piece of jewelry missing from her personal effects. Just when Charleston and Jase begin to think they are making progress, however, a teenage girl dies under frighteningly similar circumstances.
To find the culprit, the sheriff and his deputy must be patient, cunning, and resourceful. Set against the backdrop of a land whose rugged beauty and vast open spaces attract dreamers and criminals alike, Playing Catch-Upis an engrossing detective story and a tribute to the unique adventure of small-town life in the West.
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Person
A. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901-1991) was an award-winning American novelist, screenwriter, historian, and environmentalist. Born in Indiana, he was six months old when his father brought the family west to the Montana territory. Guthrie graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in journalism and worked as a reporter and editor for two decades before receiving a Nieman fellowship from Harvard University. During his grant year, he began to seriously pursue his interest in writing fiction. His first major novel,
The Big Sky(1947), was followed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning
The Way West(1949). Guthrie's popular mystery series featuring Montana sheriff Chick Charleston earned a Silver Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and an award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The five books in the series are
Wild Pitch(1973),
The Genuine Article(1977),
No Second Wind(1980),
Playing Catch-Up(1985), and
Murder in the Cotswolds(1989). In 1954 Guthrie's screenplay for the film
Shanewas nominated for an Academy Award.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Author's Note
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- Preview: Murder in the Cotswolds
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
