
Vengeance Is Mine
A Red River Mystery, Book 4
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In October of 1967, the Summer of Love is history, rock and roll is dark and revolutionary, and people in the small east Texas community of Center Springs simply want to live their lives as quietly as possible. But a handsome darkness in the form of Las Vegas gangster Anthony Agrioli has left the business to hide out in their tiny backwater settlement with his blond bombshell girlfriend.
Two years earlier, Agrioli met newlyweds Cody and Norma Faye Parker in a Vegas casino and heard their enthusiastic descriptions of the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. At least it was perfect, before their peaceful world found itself in the crosshairs of a coming confrontation.
Back in Center Springs, thirteen-year-old Top Parker has what his grandmother, Miss Becky, calls a poisoned gift: His dreams, though random and disconnected, always seem to come true. This time Top dreams he's a wagon hub with spokes converging from all directions. To him, the spokes symbolize that something is coming. He doesn't know their quiet community will soon be a combat zone when the gangsters arrive. But they're after something else, not Agrioli…yet.
A sheriff crooked as a dog's hind leg, an unsolved murder in the river bottoms, counterfeit money, and a bank robbery all wrapped in a country Shakespearean comedy once again bring together Constables Ned and Cody Parker, Deputy John Washington, Judge O. C. Rains, and the rest of Wortham's real and sometimes wacky cast of characters.
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Red River Mysteries can't be beat. Pure enjoyment.
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EXCELLENT BOOK, AS USUAL
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i love this whole series!
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Reavis does it again
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Usually a rather peaceful town, where everybody knows everybody else's business, Constables Cody and Ned Parker find themselves up against a crooked and racist Sheriff who is steeped in evil. There's been a murder and a robbery, but the Sheriff seems to have his own agenda. The Parker teens, Top and his cousin, Pepper's curiosity gets them into the center of trouble yet again, as a number of strangers come into town bringing intrigue and tragedy with them.
Once again, Wortham has created a tale of old fashion humor and violence, steeped with references to past times that thrills the senses. There's murder, bank robberies, mobsters, counterfeit money, and deadly secrets that move this story like a huge roller coaster ride. This book can be enjoyed by itself, but I definitely recommend first being introduced to the tall tales from the first three books in this series. Cops and robbers with quirky characters, a bit of foreboding dreams, and real heroes raise the story above the average mystery.
Mystery and adventure in 1960's Texas
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A hitman decides to leave the business and heads out toward a little town a couple of newlyweds he ran into at the casino one night had been talking about. Along the way he picks up a gorgeous blonde, who just happens to be his new ex-bosses' daughter, and a safe full of cash that should stake him anywhere.
Wouldn't you know, Constable Cody Parker isn't the only man in Center Springs that he knows.
What I love about these books is the nostalgia. Set in the 60's in rural Oklahoma I'm reminded of a lot of the little things that happened when I was growing up. How things used to be, at least in my memory. It's a different world, one we've passed by. These books are kind of a "thanks for the memories" and this one hit right on the head again.
You have to suspend belief a bit for the plot set up. The chances of these people all landing together the way they do is right there with playing the lottery, but it makes for a good story that's all about the characters anyway. The story ended the way it should, although I would have liked to see it end just a tad different for a bit more of a HEA. These books aren't about happy endings though.
As always, the narrator is spot on.
Back on track
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Loving the 60's!
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