{"product_id":"9781611944167","title":"Murder in Caney Fork","description":"It's the trial of the century in a 1940's North Carolina town.\u003cp\u003eMurder and vigilante justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar hero and law student Wes Ross has to save his uncle-but hide the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaught to shoot in the rough logging camps of the North Carolina swamps, Wes Ross remembers his lessons well. Dodging hostile gunfire with dozens of other young Marines, he storms a remote Pacific island as one of Carlson's Raiders in the first commando-style attack of World War II. He blasts several Japanese snipers from their palm-tree hideouts with buckshot before an enemy bullet sends him home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Carolina homefront includes a new girlfriend and a new occupation, learning to be a rural lawyer in his uncle's law office, including courtroom intrigue and what goes on behind the scenes. Wes, like his uncles, is a good man, the kind who takes up for the poor and downtrodden, looking out for those who are easy prey for bullies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrog Cutshaw is the storekeeper in the Caney Fork backwoods, a swaggering ex-moonshiner who is deadly with his ever-present .45 auto pistol. Frog's daylight rape of a married woman and the brutal killing of her husband bring on Bible Belt vigilante justice, an eye for an eye, a life for a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWally Avett is a retired newspaperman. He lives in North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BelleBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50094306033904,"sku":"9781611944167","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611944167","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}