Robert B. Parkers Ironhorse, Robert Knott
Robert B. Parkers Ironhorse, Robert Knott
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Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse
A Robert B. Parker Western

Author: Robert Knott

Narrator: Titus Welliver

Unabridged: 7 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2013


Synopsis

For years, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch have ridden roughshod over rabble-rousers and gun hands in troubled towns like Appaloosa, Resolution, and Brimstone.  Now, newly appointed as Territorial Marshalls, they find themselves traveling by train through the Indian Territories.  Their first marshaling duty starts out as a simple mission to escort Mexican prisoners to the border, but when the Governor of Texas, his wife and daughters climb aboard with their bodyguards and $500,000 in tow, their journey suddenly becomes a lot more complicated.

The problem is Bloody Bob Brandice.  He and Virgil have had it out before, an encounter that left Brandice face-down in the street with two .44 slugs lodged in him.  Now, twelve years later on a night train struggling uphill in a thunderstorm, Brandice is back – and he’s not alone.  Cole and Hitch find themselves in the midst of a heist with a horde of very bad men, two beautiful young hostages, and a man with a vendetta he’s determined to carry out.

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About The Author

Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, novels featuring Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lee on January 20, 2013

Robert Knott's IRONHORSE is not as good as Robert B. Parker's first two Virgil Cole novels, but it's better than his last one, which was truly awful on just about every level. Knott doesn't have Parker's characters down at all (Cole makes many uncharacteristic, dull expository speeches in this book)......more

Goodreads review by Eric on February 20, 2013

While it was really nice to revisit two of my favorite gunslinging lawmen -- Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch -- the writing, while passable, was just not the same as when the late Robert B. Parker wrote the pair. Although this was, in fairness, completely to be expected, it was still mildly disappoint......more

Goodreads review by Corey on June 13, 2013

I will limit my comments to what I found was different and sometimes lacking in comparison to Parker's work. 1) Overly descriptive. Knott expends far too much verbiage on unneeded detail, and this slows down the story line. This story has 90 pages of needless fluff. Too much concentration on technolo......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on June 13, 2014

Hummm...seems I should have read the "fine print" earlier. I've stated that I was disappointed because Mr. Parker only wrote 6 of these. Turns out he4 only wrote 4. This and the next are written by Robert Knott the man who wrote the screen play for Appaloosa. So like other writers Robert B. Parker ha......more

Goodreads review by Carol on January 07, 2013

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of this book as a gift. I was a fan of Robert Parker and am now a fan of Robert Knott. Knott gives Parker's characters a real sense of place and mission while keeping the dialogue very much in Parker's style. For those readers who are fans of Western genre, tales......more


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Praise for Robert B. Parker’s Ironhorse

“Hits with the intensity of an eight-gauge shotgun blast. Ironhorse is written by first-time novelist Robert Knott, taking over this series by the prolific Robert B. Parker. Knott was co-writer of the screenplay for the film version of Appaloosa, and it's obvious from Ironhorse that Virgil and Everett's fates are in excellent hands. Local readers will also enjoy the descriptions of 19th-century Oklahoma, as well as the joys and troubles of rail travel during that time, in addition to a rip-snorting tale full of sparse dialogue seasoned with wit as dry as an Oklahoma prairie wind and enough flying bullets and buckshot to fill a caboose.”—Tulsa World

“Robert B. Parker's legion of fans will be thrilled with Ironhorse. Robert Knott, co-writer of the screenplay for Appaloosa—Bob's remarkable western—has penned the next great saga featuring itinerant lawmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole. Knott's new novel reads just like vintage Parker and the storyline crackles with all the excitement and humor of what is a perfect continuation of the Hitch/Cole series. Parker fans are going to love it!”—Ed Harris, Academy Award-nominated actor

“Knott effortlessly handles the nonstop plot complications.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Continues the classic Western tradition that the late Robert B. Parker featured in novels such as Appaloosa and Blue-Eyed Devil.”—NewsOK

“[Knott] breathes life back into the characters Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch without missing a beat. He has the dialogue, the timing and the character of the two gunslingers-turned-marshals down. He has a new story. So it makes for a refreshing read. Parker would approve.”—Deseret News