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A year or so has passed since the events of Cypress Grove. Ex-policeman, ex-con, former therapist Turner has become deputy sheriff in the small town within driving distance of Memphis, Tennessee, to which he had migrated in hopes of escaping his past and finding a measure of peace. His life is mending as he and Val Bjorn grow closer. And then a young man, arrested on a routine traffic stop with more than $200,000 in his trunk, is forcibly sprung from jail after Sheriff Don Lee is brutally assaulted. Throwing caution aside, Turner goes in pursuit to Memphis, unleashing ghosts he thought he had left behind, and endangering all that matters to him now.--From publisher description.
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LibraryThing member Narrabeen
The 2nd instalment in so far, a three part series. I haven't read the first : Cypress Grove . Interesting story because it was so short. It keeps your attention as the story moves along a a fast pace, As it moves around the south ( Tennessee) you are never quite sure what is going to happen next.
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LibraryThing member nmele
Cripple Creek is the middle novel of a trilogy of lyrical crime novels by James Sallis; the first is Cypress Grove and the third is Salt River. His prose is beautiful and his characters wonderful. The world of these novels is one of unremitting violence. Good people get hurt or killed all the time,
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although those same people are able to find one another and some comfort in music and one another. Read all three but space them out a bit and read something optimistic after each Sallis novel. Show Less
LibraryThing member EdGoldberg
the second John Turner novel is similar to the first, less a mystery and more a story of Turner's life, some philosophy and action. In this one, his daughter, a Seattle police officer, finds him. Having read the first book only a week or two ago, I didn't remember anything about his having a
Don Lee stops a car and driver going over 80 mph in town. Don jails him for the night and searching the car finds $200,000+ in cash. The guy gets his one phone call and during the night the police station was attacked, hurting seriously Don and office temp June and freeing the offending speeder. the remainder of the book follows John Turner's attempt to find the attackers, as well as handling other local disturbances.
All in all, a good book with a sad ending.
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daughter but I'm sure it was there.Don Lee stops a car and driver going over 80 mph in town. Don jails him for the night and searching the car finds $200,000+ in cash. The guy gets his one phone call and during the night the police station was attacked, hurting seriously Don and office temp June and freeing the offending speeder. the remainder of the book follows John Turner's attempt to find the attackers, as well as handling other local disturbances.
All in all, a good book with a sad ending.
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