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Trade Ellis mystery #3
Rode Hard, Put Away Dead
Dying to earn her spurs...
Even in sweltering June, there's plenty of work for Trade Ellis on her Arizona ranch, but right now her part-time P.I. practice is as dry as the desert -- until bull rider J. B. Calendar marries a candy heiress who's crazy to turn cowgirl.
Abigail Van Thiessen, nipped and tucked into great shape, has thirty-two years -- and a few hundred million dollars -- on her husband. So when she meets her untimely death on a romantic horseback trip with her newlywed stud, the cops suspect foul play. And J.B. hires Trade to prove him innocent.
While plenty of people stood to gain from Abby's death -- the ex-football-star preacher she bankrolled, a half brother with his own millions, and a topless dancer with a grudge, just for starters -- no suspect looks better than J.B., a boozing tomcatter who's lucky with the ladies. Until Trade learns about another murder in town the same night Abby died ... a development that may bring the investigation -- and Trade -- to the very deadest of ends.
Even in sweltering June, there's plenty of work for Trade Ellis on her Arizona ranch, but right now her part-time P.I. practice is as dry as the desert -- until bull rider J. B. Calendar marries a candy heiress who's crazy to turn cowgirl.
Abigail Van Thiessen, nipped and tucked into great shape, has thirty-two years -- and a few hundred million dollars -- on her husband. So when she meets her untimely death on a romantic horseback trip with her newlywed stud, the cops suspect foul play. And J.B. hires Trade to prove him innocent.
While plenty of people stood to gain from Abby's death -- the ex-football-star preacher she bankrolled, a half brother with his own millions, and a topless dancer with a grudge, just for starters -- no suspect looks better than J.B., a boozing tomcatter who's lucky with the ladies. Until Trade learns about another murder in town the same night Abby died ... a development that may bring the investigation -- and Trade -- to the very deadest of ends.
- GenresMystery
382 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 30, 2001
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
February 6, 2017
I thought about giving this book 5 stars. Sinclair Browning is a unique mystery writer ~ she knows about cattle & ranching & plants & all sorts of details that most writers don't know about or seem to care about. This knowledge gave her work depth. It also made the book drag a little at times. The bad guy scene went on a bit long, too, but over all I would like to be able to give this story 4.5 stars.
July 23, 2017
Not bad.
This is the first time I've read something by this local author. Loved reading about familiar Tucson haunts. I did figure out who did the crime pretty early on but it was still interesting.
This is the first time I've read something by this local author. Loved reading about familiar Tucson haunts. I did figure out who did the crime pretty early on but it was still interesting.
May 22, 2017
Read it 16+ years ago, don't remember details, didn't write down enough to help. Just said it was a good Trade Ellis mystery. So I'll give it 3 stars, but it may have deserved more.
July 2, 2013
Life is never as it seems and that beauty that married the young buck is found dead in an old dirty water tank, adds to the mystery sense she was as strong swimmer. Who wanted or needed her dead?
The signs point to that young cowboy husband and soon they have him behind bars. However there is more shaking than meets the eye and thankfully there is a smart detective lady on the case.
Sometimes you have to look past the things people portray in their day to day life and all too soon you find the trouble. Trouble enough to kill for.
The signs point to that young cowboy husband and soon they have him behind bars. However there is more shaking than meets the eye and thankfully there is a smart detective lady on the case.
Sometimes you have to look past the things people portray in their day to day life and all too soon you find the trouble. Trouble enough to kill for.
May 14, 2007
Read compulsorily, utterly hackneyed at points, utterly unbelievable at others.
November 29, 2012
Enjoyed. A quick and entertaining read.
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