Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 1 February 2011
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Wolf to the Slaughter
Anita Margolis had vanished. There was no body, no crime - nothing more concrete than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith. According to headquarters, it wasn't to be considered a murder enquiry at all. Chief Inspector Wexford, however, had other ideas.
Jane Austen is enjoying a summer visit to Derbyshire's craggy peaks, sparkling streams, and cavernous gorges. But there, amid scenes of unsurpassed beauty, she stumbles upon the ugliest slaughter she has ever seen. High in the rocks near the town of Bakewell lies the body of a young gentleman. With blond curls and delicate features, the victim has the face of an angel
Billy is sent off on a bus to Camp Nightmoon by his mom and dad. The bus driver stops partway to the camp and leaves all the children in the middle of the desert. A group of creatures appear and prepare to slaughter the children, but are scared off by the appearance of a man with a gun who claims to be the leader of Camp Nightmoon.
The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters
Standoffs, saloons and sunsets spring to mind when one envisions the rough and tumble of the early days of the American frontier. Indeed, the golden period of the American West produced some of the most notorious badmen and bravest lawmen in American history, many of whom have become legends. Some rogues are familiar: John Wesley Hardin (who, it is said, killed more than 40 men), William Bonney (Billy the Kid), Wild Bill Hickok, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Others are not so well known but were no less dangerous...
