Watson, L: THAT NIGHT AT THE PALACE

L. D. Watson

ISBN 10: 099102785X / ISBN 13: 9780991027859

Published by Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, 2015

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Neuware - In an east Texas cemetery outside the town of Elza an elderly Gemma Crawford lays a pot of flowers on the grave of Jesse Rose. Seventy-five years earlier twelve-year-old Gemma sat high above Elza on a Ferris wheel with young Jesse, knowing even then that he would be the love of her life. But, as they sat there, the happenings on the midway below results in Jesse having to hide a body and a secret that will alter the course of their young lives. Five years later Jesse's best friend, Cliff Tidwell, is found brutally murdered and Jesse must stand trial for his death. To save him from the electric chair legendary Texas Ranger Brewster McKinney, police chief Jefferson Hightower, and an old buffalo soldier known as Cherokee-one-leg must untangle a web clues that stretch over fifty years and involve corrupt businessmen, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, small town gangsters, and a back woods bordello. But the one clue that can set Jesse free is a secret he refuses to reveal, the secret of the summer of '36 and how the events of that summer caused what happened That Night at the Palace.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Watson, L: THAT NIGHT AT THE PALACE
• Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 099102785X
• ISBN 13: 9780991027859
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 24D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 535 grams

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Synopsis

On a Saturday night in 1941 in the tiny town of Elza, Texas an old man casually walks in through the back door of a crowded movie theater with a shotgun in hand. He strolls unnoticed up the aisle and stops in front of a seventeen-year-old boy and points the gun in the boy’s face. Fortunately, another teenager sees the man and leaps at him as the gun fires, causing him to miss the intended victim. The following morning, while the old man is locked in jail, the boy he tried to kill is found brutally murdered and all evidence points to Jesse Rose, the teenager who saved him the night before.
Five years earlier Jesse sat beside Gemma Crawford atop a Ferris wheel, gazing down at the town carnival. Though young, it was that moment the two fell in love. But while they spun above the midway, a series of deadly incidents were unfolding below. One of which would force Jesse to hide both a body and a terrible secret that would shape the rest of their lives and eventually land Jesse in jail for a murder he didn’t commit.
To uncover the truth, legendary Texas Ranger Brewster McKinney, local police chief Jefferson Hightower, and a battle-worn former buffalo soldier known as Cherokee-One-Leg must unravel a mystery spanning almost thirty years. Their investigation leads through a tangled web of clues involving corrupt businessmen, Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, small-town gangsters, and a notorious backwoods bordello.
But what is hidden in Jesse’s heart is one secret that could exonerate him, it is what really happened during the summer of ’36. It is a secret that would break Gemma’s heart.