"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...

After getting cleaned out by a bad hand at cards, Skye Fargo is desperate for cash. When he rides into Tucson looking for work, he soon finds out that there's more than money at stake. The dreaded Bearcat Lutz rules the town with a bloody fist, forcing innocent prisoners to work as slaves and destroying everyone who dares to stand up to him. But the Trailsman is going to do more than just stand up to Lutz--he's going to take him down...."--p. [4]...