A Sister's Burden

Jess Williams #101

by Robert J. Thomas

Jess leaves Calcutta and heads to the town of Menard on the hunt for Derik Bartholin. While there, he runs into two rather strange-acting men. Feeling confident that they robbed the bank in the town of Tecumseh, he follows them out of town and arrests them. After Jess brings them to Menard and locks them up, a sharp attorney gets the charges dropped. Jess is stung by the law he swears to uphold. Frustrated, he heads back out to hunt for Bartholin. He returns to Menard and finds two sisters, Betty and Susan Arnold, badly beaten by Susan’s husband, Mack Burden. He promises to hunt down Burden and bring him to justice. Then, he gets an assignment from United States Marshal Frank Reedy. He is to find two escapees who were being transported to the Huntsville State Penitentiary and deliver them to the nearest jail…alive. Along the way, he runs into another professional bounty hunter who is after the same two escapees. Jess is concerned that he’ll end up hauling Burden to Menard alive at the same time that he hauls the two escapees to jail. The idea of tending not just one, but three criminals stretches his patience to the limit.

183 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 12, 2020

About the author

Librarian's note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

In 1990 Robert J. Thomas was sworn in as the full time mayor for the city of Westland, Michigan. He served twelve years, making him the longest serving mayor in Westland's history.

While he was mayor he wrote his first book titled, How to Run for Local Office, which has now sold over 25,000 copies worldwide.

He has written and published on Kindle, the Jess Williams Westerns series. Retired, he now lives in Mississippi with his wfe Jill.

Reviews

[Jim A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical Jess Williams western. Jess does his usual bounty hunting thing. He also does his compassion thing. He winds up helping two women who he knows robbed a bank, but can't prove, and has to let them go free.

[Jere R. Hilland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thomas, Lane and Petit

My three favorite authors of this genre.
I did something I have never done before. Before reading 101, I went back and read them all. Yes, I skipped the parts the didn’t include the main characters, but I noticed a change in his writing style. Though I admit the humor in the early books was funny and very entertaining. I kinda miss that.
I have never re read a book before, let alone a series. Keep up the good work!
I wish we could clone these three authors.

[Anthony R Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

The good and the bad

Two desperate sisters rob a bank so they can get away from an abusive husband. Jess finds them when he is chasing some bad men. The story gets interesting from there.

[Nita Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Sister's Burden

Betty helped her sister Susan escape her husband who beats her whenever he gets drunk. But to get money to start a business they Rob a bank of a small town. Jess goes after Susan's husband for beating the sisters very badly.

[Sandra Kirkpatrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Story

I love this story Jess couldn't prove the women robbed the bank. It was a change of pace besides Jess chasing bad men.

[Peter Cornell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just keeps getting better

Robert Thomas just keeps getting better with each book. Jess teams up with Shadow and they get their men. They save two sisters and move on.

[Martha Peebles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jesse Williams

Another great story about Jesse Williams. I love the stories that have Jesse in them. He always gets his man. I also like he has Shadow now to help him.

[William J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

As usual, RJ Thomas tells a good story. Solid characters and interesting settings blend with the always entertaining protagonist, Jess Williams. Enjoyable read.

[Carl Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating

2nd book I have read by Robert j. Thomas. I was pleased with the story. I hope to read more of his books .