Go and Bury Your Dead, Bill Brooks
Go and Bury Your Dead, Bill Brooks
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Go and Bury Your Dead
A John Henry Cole Story

Author: Bill Brooks

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2017

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

John Henry Cole’s life has quieted down from what it had always been, and he can now settle down and make improvements on his small ranch. But everything changes when an old rancher named Wilson rides in with his two sons.Wilson is willing to pay Cole $5,000 to help get back his wife, Lenora, who has been taken hostage by Lucky Jack Dancer, an outlaw who had robbed the train on which she was a passenger. She is being held prisoner in Gun Town, a safe haven for outlaws.Cole had sided Lucky Jack Dancer years ago when both of them had operated as US marshals in the Indian Nations, but that was before Lucky Jack had quit the service and become an outlaw. The situation becomes complicated when Cole learns that Wilson’s son doesn’t want the woman back and that Wilson’s health is seriously compromised.

About Bill Brooks

Bill Brooks is the author of more than twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed Stone Garden, Bonnie & Clyde, and Pretty Boy. He works as a writing instructor and has taught workshops at the Chautauqua Institution, Authors of the Flathead, Pikes Peak Writers Conference, North Carolina Literary Mountain Festival, and many others. He currently lives in northeast Indiana.

About Eric G. Dove

Eric G. Dove is a multiple Earphones Award–winning narrator, and his credits include more than one hundred audiobooks. He is also an accomplished musician and a budding author, who published Ghosts of Royston in 2013. He is a graduate of Ohio State University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on May 27, 2019

Every once in awhile I keep hoping I will encounter a well-written western and so desiring a bit of nostalgia I'll pick up a volume by an author unknown to me at a book sale or from the library. This led me to pick up this western novel in hopes of discovering an author who would fill the bill for b......more

Goodreads review by Barbara Lee Wood on August 11, 2017

"COLE'S WOMAN" Greed, Greed and lust that seems to be plot of this John Henry Cole western. The characters in play, are the greedy narcissistic son, Bo Wilson and the younger son Jessie Wilson who doesn't exhibit a much softer approachable attitude. The father, Mr. Wilson's newly BRIDE has been kidna......more

Goodreads review by Gregory on April 22, 2019

Not bad. Easy read. I guess Old Western stories aren’t my thing or I haven’t found a writer I really enjoy reading. John Henry Cole is hired to bring back the kidnapped wife of a wealthy man. The man’s oldest son doesn’t want her back and of course it’s because he doesn’t want to share the inheritan......more

Goodreads review by Ronnie on November 14, 2023

Bill Brooks has become my favorite western writer of all time! His work just keeps getting better and better! A younger Clint Eastwood, in my mind’s eye, brings John Henry Cole to life like no other! Can’t wait for the next one!......more

Goodreads review by Arnetta on August 21, 2020

Interesting book with a lot of twists and turns. I don't usually read western themed books, tho I love western movies. Thought I'd give this a try.......more