{"id":36647,"date":"2024-09-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36647"},"modified":"2024-09-29T19:56:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T23:56:37","slug":"36647","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36647","title":{"rendered":"ROBERT B. PARKER’S BULL RIVER: A COLE AND HITCH NOVEL by Robert Knott \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ROBERT B. PARKER’S BULL RIVER: A COLE AND HITCH NOVEL<\/a> by Robert Knott<\/p>\n

First sentence…<\/p>\n

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We rode hard up the road to the governor’s mansion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

US Marshall Virgil Cole and his Deputy Everette Hitch are tasked to escort “Captain” Alejandro Vasquez to San Cristobal.\u00a0 Vasquez, a Mexican desperado, is accused of killing two men. Vasquez claims he’s innocent.\u00a0 Virgil’s woman, Allie French is worried that they won’t be back in time to attend Appaloosa’s huge citywide celebration.<\/p>\n

The trip to San Cristobal is uneventful .\u00a0 Cole and Hitch transfer Vasquez to the local authorities.\u00a0 Before Cole and Hitch head back, the local bank is robbed.\u00a0 One of the robbers is Henry Strode, the bank’s President.\u00a0 The sheriff asks Cole and Hitch to assist.\u00a0 Fairly quickly Strode is found.\u00a0 He’s lying badly beaten and unconscious in the middle of the road.\u00a0 They take Strode into a house and leave him with a local deputy hoping he’ll regain consciousness.<\/p>\n

Strode does come to.\u00a0 He steals a gun and makes his escape.\u00a0 Turns out Strode isn’t his real name.\u00a0 He only assisted in robbing the bank because his brother had his wife and threatened to kill her.\u00a0 Now Strode’s brother has the bank money, his wife and is headed to Mexico.\u00a0 So is Strode.<\/p>\n

Cole and Hitch prepare to head to Mexico to capture Strode, his brother and hopefully return with the bank’s cash.\u00a0 Then they learn that Strode isn’t his real name!\u00a0 “Captain” Alejandro Vasquez says that he knows the real identity of Strode and his brother.\u00a0 Vasquez also says he knows where they’re heading.\u00a0 If Cole and Hitch get him released from jail, Vasquez will show them the way.\u00a0 Oh, and he’ll want Cole to put in a good word to the judge.\u00a0 Cole says he’ll tell the judge the truth about whatever help Vasquez gives, but makes no other promise.<\/p>\n

Vasquez may be lying and his plan may be to escape.\u00a0 Cole decides to chance it.\u00a0 Cole, Hitch and Vasquez head into Mexico looking for the desperados.\u00a0 Little do they know that a worse problem is brewing in\u00a0 Appaloosa.<\/p>\n

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Robert Knott was an excellent choice to continue Robert B. Parker’s Cole and Hitch series.\u00a0 Each new yarn is an automatic pick-up.<\/p>\n

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