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The Hired Man : A Novel.
1937. Its been seven years since the dust storms started in Colorado. When Martha Helens mother takes in Otis Hobbs, a handsome drifter who saves a local boy from a vicious dust storm, she quickly discovers a darker side to their rural community. Suspicion, jealousy, and prejudice grip their neighbours - and emotions reach a frenzy after Martha Helens best friend, Frankie, disappears and is then found murdered. Ultimately, Martha Helen is forced to make sense of her conflicting feelings and loyalties in order to help find retribution and to reconcile the difference between the law and justice.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250352392
- Physical Description: 304 pages ; 2 x 13 cm
- Publisher: Canada : St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2026.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | FICTION / Contemporary Women FICTION / Historical / General FICTION / Westerns FICTION / Women |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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Summary:
1937. Its been seven years since the dust storms started in Colorado. When Martha Helens mother takes in Otis Hobbs, a handsome drifter who saves a local boy from a vicious dust storm, she quickly discovers a darker side to their rural community. Suspicion, jealousy, and prejudice grip their neighbours - and emotions reach a frenzy after Martha Helens best friend, Frankie, disappears and is then found murdered. Ultimately, Martha Helen is forced to make sense of her conflicting feelings and loyalties in order to help find retribution and to reconcile the difference between the law and justice.
