01898cam a2200397 i 4500 1297113929 TxAuBib 20230204120000.0 201231s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593102404 pbk. 0593102401 pbk. TxAuBib rda eng eng Ripley, E. L., author. The trail's end : a Ralph Compton western / by E.L. Ripley. Trail's End, The. First edition. New York : Berkley, 2021. ©2021. 297 pages ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sundown riders series, The "After years as a professional gambler--and a deadly shootout on a riverboat casino--Tom Calvert and his young protégé, Asher Smith, have survived an arduous journey across the frontier to Friendly Field, Idaho. The bucolic Quaker community welcomes them with open arms, and soon Tom is courting a widow and learning, to his surprise, to enjoy the quiet life. Then an elder of Friendly Field is found murdered, and the townsfolk start whispering about the work of the devil. Tom doesn't believe in the devil, just the evil that men do, and he resolves to solve the gruesome crime before fear causes the people of peaceful Friendly Field to turn against one another."--Provided by publisher. 20230204. Gamblers Fiction. Quakers Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Idaho Fiction. Western fiction. lcgft Compton, Ralph. Trail's end. The sundown riders series.