Robert B. Parker's Revelation

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

Robert B. Parker's Revelation

Other title(s):

Revelation

Author:

Knott, Robert, 1954- author.

ISBN:

9781524736521

9781524736545

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication:

[New York] : Random House Audio, 2017.

Physical Description:

7 audio discs (8 hr., 30 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.

Series title(s):

Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch series ;

Number in series:

General Note:

Title from label.

Compact disc.

Summary:

Territorial marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch thought things had finally calmed down in Appaloosa when Boston Bill Black's murder charge was dropped. But all that changed when Augustus Nobel Driggs rolled into town. Square-jawed, handsome, and built like a muscled thoroughbred stallion, Augustus intimidates even his guards from inside his prison cell. So when he and a pack of cold-blooded convicts break out of jail, kidnapping a woman in the process, and it's up to any and all territorial lawmen--including Virgil and Everett--to capture the fugitives and rescue her. But nothing is ever quite what it seems with the ever-elusive Augustus: finally free, he's quickly on his own furious hunt for a hidden cache of gold and the men who double-crossed him.

Personal Subject:

Cole, Virgil (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Hitch, Everett (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Cole, Virgil (Fictitious character)

Hitch, Everett (Fictitious character)

Genre:

Compact discs.

Audiobooks

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Western fiction

Western stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Western fiction.

Audiobooks.

Added Author:

Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010,

Linn, Rex

Holds:

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Summary

Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return to confront an escaped criminal in the grittiest entry yet in Robert B. Parker's New York Times bestselling series.

Territorial marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch figured things had finally settled down in Appaloosa when Boston Bill Black's murder charge was dropped. But all that changed when Augustus Noble Driggs was transferred to a stateside penitentiary just across the border from Mexico. Square-jawed, handsome, and built like a muscled thoroughbred stallion, Driggs manages to intimidate everyone inside the prison walls, including the upstart young warden.

In a haunting twist of fate, Driggs and a pack of cold-blooded convicts are suddenly on the loose--and it's up to any and all territorial lawmen, including Cole and Hitch, to capture the fugitives and rescue the woman kidnapped during their escape. But nothing is ever quite what it seems with the ever-elusive Driggs. Finally free, he's quickly on his own furious hunt for a hidden cache of gold and jewels--and for the men who betrayed him and left him for dead.

With an unlikely and unconventional Yankee detective by their side, Cole and Hitch set off on a massive manhunt. As horses' hooves thunder and guns echo deadening reports, Driggs discovers one of the lawmen on his trail is none other than a fellow West Point graduate he'd just as soon see dead. Ruthless and willing to leave a bloody path of destruction in his wake, Driggs seeks vengeance at any cost.

Author Notes

Robert Knott is an actor, writer, and producer. His extensive list of stage, television, and film credits include the feature film Appaloosa based on the Robert B. Parker novel, which he adapted and produced with actor and producer Ed Harris. This is his first novel. In 2014, his title Robert B. Parker's Bull River made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Kirkus Review

Knott (Robert B. Parker's Blackjack, 2016, etc.) continues Parker's Western series, this time sending U.S. Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Marshal Everett Hitch in pursuit of killers fleeing from an Arizona Territory prison.The escapees from rugged and isolated Cibola prison have scattered, but as the marshals saddle up and head out from Appaloosa, Hitch thinks he glimpses the baddest of the bad, a brilliant megalomaniac named Driggs. As the tale unfolds, there's back story revealing a connection between Hitch and Driggs. With another escaped homicidal maniac with the personality of "a pissed-off griz" roaming the backcountry, Cole can't dally over worries about his longtime lover, Allie French. An eccentric but seemingly pleasant fellow named Vandervoort has brought big money to Appaloosa, and Allie's opened Mrs. French's Fine Dresses to join in the boom. With hints that Driggs is a deviant sexual sadist, Allie's shop plays into the story's end. Sand, saddles, and six-guns make a Western, but the setting here is only about half an inch deep. Neither protagonist nor villain is given a special affection for horses, magnificent open spaces, or other staples of Old West tales. The story is in the chase, from mines to exotic hot springs resorts, bad men and a few good men meeting their maker. The dialogue sometimes gallops, with conversations so abbreviated as to make Clint Eastwood sound like a chatterbox: "Been a bunch of it of late," I said. "More than," Virgil said. "That time of the year," I said. "Is." Knott has fun by repeatedly dropping in oddball collective nounsa cete of badgers, gaggle of geese, and murder of crows. A classic plot and plenty of 8-gauge shotgun showdowns best enjoyed by those who've followed Cole and Hitch's previous adventures. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Things are quiet in Appaloosa for Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, the two U.S. marshals who make their base in the growing southwestern town. When word of an escape from Cibola prison, 300 miles away, comes by telegraph, the pair hit the trail. The warden's wife, it appears, has fallen for Augustus Noble Driggs, one of the prisoners, and concocted the escape with Driggs. The escapees split up. Driggs and the warden's wife settle in Appaloosa where Driggs lays low. Meanwhile, Cole and Hitch are on the trail of Ed Degraw, another of the escapees. Degraw is a uniquely vicious sexual predator who does not differentiate between men and women; Kill em all, rape and humiliate them if you can. It's a bloody, disheartening pursuit for Cole and Hitch. When it seems Degraw's next stop could be Appaloosa, the boys head home, hoping to intercept him and unaware of Driggs' dark presence. This is Knott's fifth run at the late Parker's western series and is easily the best. After a difficult debut, Knott has improved immensely, nailing the terse, wise-guy dialogue and becoming comfortable with Hitch's laconic narrative voice. Just damn good reading and painfully suspenseful.--Lukowsky, Wes Copyright 2017 Booklist