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A wasteland of strangers / [electronic resource] Bill Pronzini.

By: Pronzini, Bill.

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TextPublisher: New York : Walker & Co., 1997Description: 257 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0802733018; 9780802733016.Subject(s): Strangers -- Fiction | City and town life -- Fiction | California, Northern -- FictionGenre/Form: Mystery fiction.DDC classification: 813/.54 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library Summary: Set in an isolated town in Northern California, A Wasteland of Strangers begins with the arrival of John Faith in Pomo. Who is he? Why has he come here now, during the off-season when there is nothing to do but get into trouble? What is it he wants? His arrival is surrounded by questions; his staying clothed in threats; his leaving fondly desired by almost all who cross paths with him. Everyone has an opinion of him; only a few of them are favorable. For everyone he helps, there are two who question his motives, who see danger to themselves and their way of life in his continued presence in their town. And then, when a beautiful, lonely woman is brutally slaughtered after spending some time with him, Faith is the prime and logical suspect. Discovering the identity of the killer becomes as important to Faith as it is to anyone else...except the murderer.

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Set in an isolated town in Northern California, A Wasteland of Strangers begins with the arrival of John Faith in Pomo. Who is he? Why has he come here now, during the off-season when there is nothing to do but get into trouble? What is it he wants? His arrival is surrounded by questions; his staying clothed in threats; his leaving fondly desired by almost all who cross paths with him. Everyone has an opinion of him; only a few of them are favorable. For everyone he helps, there are two who question his motives, who see danger to themselves and their way of life in his continued presence in their town. And then, when a beautiful, lonely woman is brutally slaughtered after spending some time with him, Faith is the prime and logical suspect. Discovering the identity of the killer becomes as important to Faith as it is to anyone else...except the murderer.

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A wasteland of strangers / [electronic resource] Bill Pronzini.

By: Pronzini, Bill.