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Language: English
20th Century American Novel And Short Story Crime & Thriller Crime & mystery Detective Detective and Mystery Stories Fiction Fiction - Mystery General Hard-Boiled Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled Suspense
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: Jun 15, 1990
Description:
SUMMARY: As high sheriff of Potts County, Nick Corey spends most of his time eating, sleeping and avoiding trouble. If only people--especially some troublesome pimps, his foul-tempered wife, and his half-witted brother-in-law--would stop pushing him around. Because when Nick is pushed, he begins to kill . . . or to make others do his killing for him!