Robert B. Parkers Revelation, Robert Knott
Robert B. Parkers Revelation, Robert Knott
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Robert B. Parker's Revelation

Author: Robert Knott

Narrator: Rex Linn

Unabridged: 8 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/07/2017


Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police 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, as well as the author of Robert B. Parker’s Blackjack, Robert B. Parker’s The Bridge, Robert B. Parker’s Bull River, and Robert B. Parker’s Ironhorse. 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Monnie on February 20, 2017

Read: U.S. marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Think: John Sandford's Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers in the Old West, where horses are rode hard and put away wet, proper ladies wear long dresses bolstered by frilly petticoats and the new-fangled telegraph is considered a cut above carrier pig......more

Goodreads review by Bob on March 13, 2017

Do you trust me? Have I ever lead you astray? Don't spend your hard-earned euros. Do not waste your time. Go on and read "War and Peace;" go on and read "The Fall of the Roman Empire;" or go on and read "Lassie Comes Home." I don't care what you read--just don't read this nothing of a so-called novel......more

Goodreads review by Terry on August 20, 2019

A rather disappointing entry in the Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch series created by the wonderfully gifted Robert B. Parker. The plot was fairly interesting but the dialogue seemed stale and Virgil Cole barely impacted the novel. Greed is King... as usual. Sorry Bob. 2019 update: I liked this novel better......more

Goodreads review by Cherie on June 11, 2022

What a gruesome ending!......more

Goodreads review by Jon T Oliver on February 20, 2017

This is not a Parker style story. As a stand alone with new characters it would be better. But readers looking for a good story and dialog will be disappointed. Not a realistic western, more like B horror movie. Parker would not approve or his loyal fans of Cole and Hitch.......more


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Praise for Robert B. Parker's Revelation

“Knott nails the terse, wise-guy dialogue....Just damngood reading and painfully suspenseful.”—Booklist

“Robert Knott knows how to create atmospheric scenes…the key ingredient in a great western thriller.”—Mystery Tribune

“A classic plot and plenty of 8-gauge shotgun showdowns best enjoyed by those who've followed Cole and Hitch's previous adventures.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“Rapid-fire dialogue and quick-paced action.”—Historical Novels Review

Praise for Robert B. Parker’s Blackjack

“Knott...adds a new wrinkle here with a damn fine mystery running parallel to the western story....Fine reading for western fans.”—Booklist
 
“This is the most satisfying of Knott’s Cole-Hitch tales, with a shocking double-twist ending.”—The Sacramento Bee
 
“Westerns need atmosphere as much as story, and Knott has a knack for six-gun verisimilitude, sketching the land and summer heat, the horses and the shopkeepers. Knott’s especially good with the prototypical Old West marshal, Virgil Cole, ‘perfectly present in the here and now,’ every inch stoic lawman....His tale gallops along without confusing readers new to the series....A darn good way to pass an afternoon.”—Kirkus Reviews