Fistful of Rain

Name: Fistful of Rain
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Baron Birtcher
ISBN: 9798855584066

Author: Baron Birtcher

Series: Ty Dawson #2

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/10/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, International Crime & Mystery

Synopsis

The second Sheriff Dawson mystery has "lots of twists and turns that stretch back over years, then a mind-blowing ending that puts everything into place" (Killer Nashville).

Winner—2019 Best Book of the Year, Killer Nashville

Ty Dawson, now the sheriff of Oregon's Meriwether County, is ready to put a trying year behind him, but he's afforded no such luck. In a country still coming to grips with the Vietnam War, Watergate, and Charles Manson, Ty's neck of the woods isn't safe from the turmoil—especially when a commune of young so-called hippies springs up out of nowhere . . .

A longtime local sheep rancher accuses the Rainbow Ranch residents of livestock theft, putting Ty in the middle of a culture clash. Though Ty finds no evidence of a crime, the rancher brings in his own stock detective. Behind fences topped with razor wire, the commune and its enigmatic guru hold secrets of their own—many of which have nothing to do with peace, love, and understanding. Tensions flare, setting off a bloody wave of violence that will forever scar the place Ty calls home, unless he can stop it.

About Baron Birtcher

Baron Birtcher spent a number of years as a professional musician and founded an independent record label and management company. His first two novels, Roadhouse Blues and Ruby Tuesday, are Los Angeles Times and Independent Mystery Booksellers Association bestsellers. Birtcher has been nominated for a number of literary awards, including the Nero Award for his novel Hard Latitudes, the Claymore Award for his novel Rain Dogs, and the Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Award for his novel Angels Fall. He was the 2016 Silver Falchion Award winner for his novel Hard Latitudes and the 2018 Winner of the Killer Nashville Reader's Choice Award for his novel South California Purples.

Birtcher currently divides his time between Portland, Oregon, and Kona, Hawaii.

Reviews

Goodreads review by R.G. on April 29, 2018

I loved Baron R. Birtcher's last book South California Purples, and I've been eagerly waiting for this new one to come out. Wow, I sure wasn't disappointed! Fistful of Rain is a sequel that picks up with the story of cattle rancher/law enforcement officer Ty Dawson. It's set in 1975, which allows Bi......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on May 25, 2018

In 1975, rural America is coming to terms with the 60s, Vietnam, and political scandal. People who’d rather simply govern themselves are bound to rules of law. And a clear-sighted sheriff sees trouble looming but can’t quite spot the cause. Readers follow the well-voiced first-person narration of th......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 23, 2019

You’d be well-advised to never use that creative pejorative -- sequel -- anywhere near Baron R. Birtcher’s latest modern-day Western thriller, Fistful of Rain, because this vividly-told tale is everything all those flop Hollywood follow-ups are not -- a robust success that stands on its own merits. I......more

Goodreads review by T.G. on October 17, 2024

Fistful of Rain is a historical, western mystery. Summer 1975 and a culture clash is reaching a boiling point. On one side is an old school sheep rancher. On the other side is a hippie commune. Between the two is a slick lawyer, a high school teacher, hired muscle, and cattle rancher / sheriff Ty Da......more

Goodreads review by Rich on June 28, 2018

Rancher Ty Dawson, sheriff of Meriwether County, Oregon, hears his ranch boss sum up events so far in Baron R. Birtcher’s kinetic mystery FISTFUL OF RAIN. “Things have gone a little OK Corral out there, ain’t they?” the boss asks. Dawson responds, “I can’t tell who’s the Clantons and who’s the Earps......more