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Chapter 1 MY LAW OFFICE was located on the ol

Chapter 1

Chapter 2 JOHNNY AMERICAN HORSE’S dreams did

Chapter 2

Chapter 3 THE MAN NAMED EDDY was on the surge

Chapter 3

Chapter 4 MY SON WAS Lucas Smothers. Illegiti

Chapter 4

Chapter 5 DARREL MCCOMB and another detective

Chapter 5

Chapter 6 ON TUESDAY MORNING, when Johnny was

Chapter 6

Chapter 7 SATURDAY MORNING I went fishing by

Chapter 7

Chapter 8 I WANTED TO BELIEVE Johnny American

Chapter 8

Chapter 9 WYATT LIVED UP on the Blackfoot Riv

Chapter 9

Chapter 10 SUNDAY MORNING, Amber Finley woke

Chapter 10

Chapter 11 THE NEXT MORNING started off in ea

Chapter 11

Chapter 12 THAT EVENING I SAT by Wyatt Dixon’

Chapter 12

Chapter 13 THAT SAME FRIDAY morning, as I hea

Chapter 13

Chapter 14 DURING THE NEXT few days the feder

Chapter 14

Chapter 15 I SHOULD HAVE SEEN it coming, or a

Chapter 15

Chapter 16 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON was hot and dr

Chapter 16

Chapter 17 I REPORTED THE GELDING’S DEATH to

Chapter 17

Chapter 18 THE DEAD MAN had been a Marine Cor

Chapter 18

Chapter 19 THE NEXT DAY was Saturday. Johnny

Chapter 19

Chapter 20 I SLEPT LITTLE either that night o

Chapter 20

Chapter 21 DARREL MCCOMB did not know how he

Chapter 21

Chapter 22 IT WAS STILL raining when Johnny w

Chapter 22

Chapter 23 IT WAS FAY HARBACK, and she wasn’t

Chapter 23

Chapter 24 DARREL LEFT THE BAR and drove to h

Chapter 24

Chapter 25 DARREL SAT in the backseat of the

Chapter 25

In the Moon of Red Ponies: A Novel
Billy Bob Holland [4]
James Lee Burke
Pocket Books (2004)
Tags: Mystery
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From Publishers Weekly

In this top-notch fourth novel in Burke's series featuring ex–Texas Ranger attorney Billy Bob Holland, Billy Bob has moved his family and practice to the pastoral city of Missoula, Mont., the setting of his last adventure (
Bitterroot
, 2001), only to discover that the psychopathic ex-biker/rodeo clown, Wyatt Dixon (who buried Billy Bob's private investigator wife, Temple, alive), is out of prison on a technicality and claiming to be a born-again Christian. Billy Bob befriends alcoholic Desert Storm hero Johnny American Horse, a sometime breeder of horses and eco-activist who—when not in the drunk tank—is carrying on a passionate affair with Amber Finley, the daughter of Romulus Finley, a vindictive and bigoted powerful U.S. senator. When Johnny is suspected of murdering the hit man who invaded his home as well as masterminding the burglary of Global Research (a high-tech agricultural lab), making off with its computer files, the action picks up quickly. Noted for quirky characters and intricate plots, Burke introduces demon-driven sheriff's deputy Darrel McComb—an ex–war hero and former mercenary pilot who flew cocaine for the contras—who has an erotic fixation on Amber. Factor in private security agency chief Greta Lundstrum, FBI agent Seth Masterson and Karsten Mabus, CEO of the company that owns Global Research, and the mayhem builds to a gripping, spine-tingling finale.
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From Bookmarks Magazine

Burke sets his fourth Billy Bob Holland crime drama on the edge of the Bitterroot Mountains in Montana. This fast-paced mystery occasionally slows to a tumbleweed pace so the author can comment on the treatment of Native Americans, corporate misuses of the environment, and governmental intrusion into privacy. But when his intriguing characters demand equal attention, Burke crafts action sequences so realistic you can practically smell the gunpowder and sweat. Some critics cite gratuitous plotting and uneven characters. But with the reappearance of homicidal rodeo clown Wyatt Dixon (who buried the hero’s wife alive in the third installment,
Bitteroot
), most agree that
Ponies
is the best yet in the series.

Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.

 

 

In the Moon of Red Ponies: A Billy Bob Holland Novel
Billy Bob Holland [4]
James Lee Burke
Pocket Books (2004)
Rating:
★★★☆☆

From Publishers Weekly

In this top-notch fourth novel in Burke’s series featuring ex–Texas Ranger attorney Billy Bob Holland, Billy Bob has moved his family and practice to the pastoral city of Missoula, Mont., the setting of his last adventure (
Bitterroot
, 2001), only to discover that the psychopathic ex-biker/rodeo clown, Wyatt Dixon (who buried Billy Bob’s private investigator wife, Temple, alive), is out of prison on a technicality and claiming to be a born-again Christian. Billy Bob befriends alcoholic Desert Storm hero Johnny American Horse, a sometime breeder of horses and eco-activist who—when not in the drunk tank—is carrying on a passionate affair with Amber Finley, the daughter of Romulus Finley, a vindictive and bigoted powerful U.S. senator. When Johnny is suspected of murdering the hit man who invaded his home as well as masterminding the burglary of Global Research (a high-tech agricultural lab), making off with its computer files, the action picks up quickly. Noted for quirky characters and intricate plots, Burke introduces demon-driven sheriff’s deputy Darrel McComb—an ex–war hero and former mercenary pilot who flew cocaine for the contras—who has an erotic fixation on Amber. Factor in private security agency chief Greta Lundstrum, FBI agent Seth Masterson and Karsten Mabus, CEO of the company that owns Global Research, and the mayhem builds to a gripping, spine-tingling finale.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Bookmarks Magazine

Burke sets his fourth Billy Bob Holland crime drama on the edge of the Bitterroot Mountains in Montana. This fast-paced mystery occasionally slows to a tumbleweed pace so the author can comment on the treatment of Native Americans, corporate misuses of the environment, and governmental intrusion into privacy. But when his intriguing characters demand equal attention, Burke crafts action sequences so realistic you can practically smell the gunpowder and sweat. Some critics cite gratuitous plotting and uneven characters. But with the reappearance of homicidal rodeo clown Wyatt Dixon (who buried the hero’s wife alive in the third installment,
Bitteroot
), most agree that
Ponies
is the best yet in the series.

Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Epilogue

By the same author

Last Car to Elysian Fields

White Doves at Morning

Jolie Blon’s Bounce

Bitterroot

Purple Cane Road

Heartwood

Lay Down My Sword and Shield

Sunset Limited

Half of Paradise

Cimarron Rose

Cadillac Jukebox

Heaven’s Prisoners

Burning Angel

The Lost Get-Back Boogie

The Convict

Dixie City Jam

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

A Stained White Radiance

The Neon Rain

A Morning for Flamingos

Black Cherry Blues

Two for Texas

To the Bright and Shining Sun

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