A Distance of Ground: A Western Story (Five Star First Edition Western Series)

By Fred Grove

Book Overview

Buck Clegg has 20 years of horse racing behind him, beginning at the age of 14 on bush tracks in Oklahoma and Texas. But he's given up the saddle, and is now a jockey's agent. Buck is in New Mexico when Charlie Vann contacts him. His finest horse has been stolen, and Buck must now turn detective.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786218509
• ISBN13: 9780786218509
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Five Star
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Well written novel with a complex plot.

For twenty years Buck Clegg has been racing horses. But he's had to give up the saddle and is now a jockey's agent. His old friend Charlie Vann contacts him because his finest horse, Jim Ned, has been stolen. Despite Buck's protests that he is no detective, Vann insists on his help. The thieves want money, but they may have no intention of returning Jim Ned -- as Buck and Charlie find out when they nearly get killed trying to deliver the ransom. As the search becomes desperate, Buck discovers that his ex-wife may somehow be involved. The situation deteriorates when the horse thieves apparently find another way to dispose of Jim Ned, and for a lot more money than Charlie Vann can pay! A Distance Of Ground is a terrific, well written novel with a complex plot that engages the reader's full attention from first page to last.