Barrier Island - Hardcover

MacDonald, John D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394554272 ISBN 13: 9780394554273

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986

Real estate tycoon Tucker Loomis's timely purchase of Bernard Island--soon slated to become part of Gulf Islands National Seashore--promises to make his fortune until the favors bought and sold as part of the island's purchase price begin to be called in

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7 1-hour cassettes

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There are two kinds of men in Mississippi. They make natural enemies. And sometimes, but only if the balance between strength and weakness tips too far, unnatural allies.
Tucker Loomis is a hard and dangerous man with a ruthlessness all West Bay fears and respects, and an improbable amount of money. Wade Rowley is a common man who aspires to honor but gets caught up in the footwork of a skilled swindler.
In a pitiless game, with a few harsh rules and just one way of keeping score, the wrong man will die. And another will get away with more than murder.
"Lively, gritty . . . complex and convincing . . . Mr. MacDonald writes with passion!" -- The New York Times Book Review