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IN NEVADA, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
IN NEVADA, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.
A man may vahish in the vast deserts, dusty towns,
or glittering cities of Nevada as easily as mirages form
on the sun-baked playa or the neon-washed streets.
Private detective Jack Ross is a native of this transient
state, a man whose doubts about his profession lead
him through the dim bars and gaudy casinos of Reno.
In one of these, at three in the morning, he encounters
a young hooker dressed in black. She wants him to -
find her grandfather, who vanished into the desert
after killing a man forty years ago.
The search for Lawrence Parker leads Ross into the big
silence of the desert through the alleyways of Reno
0 to the doorstep of one of Nevada's most influential
families. The flicker of changing identities, the shadow
of blackmail, and the threat of sudden violence tail
the private eye as he traces a tangle of family ties
to the big silence at its center.
"Schopen is one of the select...
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IN NEVADA, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
IN NEVADA, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.
A man may vahish in the vast deserts, dusty towns,
or glittering cities of Nevada as easily as mirages form
on the sun-baked playa or the neon-washed streets.
Private detective Jack Ross is a native of this transient
state, a man whose doubts about his profession lead
him through the dim bars and gaudy casinos of Reno.
In one of these, at three in the morning, he encounters
a young hooker dressed in black. She wants him to -
find her grandfather, who vanished into the desert
after killing a man forty years ago.
The search for Lawrence Parker leads Ross into the big
silence of the desert through the alleyways of Reno
0 to the doorstep of one of Nevada's most influential
families. The flicker of changing identities, the shadow
of blackmail, and the threat of sudden violence tail
the private eye as he traces a tangle of family ties
to the big silence at its center.
"Schopen is one of the select breed who understands
and loves the U.S. desert."—San Diego Tribune
"Well-sustained characterizations and moodily evocative
descriptions of the landscape."
—New York Times Book Review 0
"Schopen's evocation of the harshness and
beauty of the desert is remarkable."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
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