{"product_id":"9780997974812","title":"Sharpshooter","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in 2001 in the dying Montana town of Sanctuary, Sharpshooter pits the local lawman, half\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJew and half Crow, Redfawn Kravitz, against the recent killer of U.S. Senate candidate Jeb\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolloway, a powerful man with lots of enemies. Red’s best friend is a Northern Cheyenne,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding Bear Hatcher, a legendary All Pro linebacker, former pro wrestler and current owner of The Elk, the only bar in fifty miles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weapon that killed Holloway is a Sharps buffalo rifle. The lethal slug seems to have come\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough time, as if the murderer stepped out out of the past, then melted back to just after the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBattle of Little Bighorn, when the Holloways began grabbing up land at bargain prices. As the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvestigation gains ground, both suspects and witnesses begin dropping like flies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational media and Federal agents descend on Sanctuary while Red and Bear huddle to figure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout who is doing this killing and why. These conversations occur in Plains Indian sign language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhile the two fish for cutthroat trout in the Little Bighorn, pinched between the Crow and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorthern Cheyenne reservations. Increasingly Red is haunted by the echoes of long-dead Indian warriors, trying to warn him about unrealized dangers. The dead chiefs and braves who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsidered Bearpaw mountain sacred seem to want him to take a stand with Bear against the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvestors who want to develop a ski resort on its slopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharpshooter is modern in the sense of being present-day, but Western in terms of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eruggedness and traditional or tribal views of its surviving Indians and characters. It isn’t likely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat you’ll guess whodunnit until the last chapter. Three romantic subplots add welcome relief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom this otherwise hard land and its enduring people. As beautifully written as the story is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egripping, this one may just be literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David L. Hoof","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49787420082416,"sku":"9780997974812","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997974812","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}