Give-a-Damn Jones: A Novel of the West

Bill Pronzini

Tor Publishing Group, May 8, 2018 - Fiction - 272 pages

Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini debuts a thrilling western with expert storytelling and a mysterious hero who will appeal to Pronzini's Nameless fans.

Not all the folks who roamed the Old West were cowhands, rustlers, or cardsharps. And they certainly weren’t all heroes.

Give-a-Damn Jones, a free-spirited itinerant typographer, hates his nickname almost as much as the rumors spread about him. He’s a kind soul who keeps finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

That’s what happened in Box Elder, a small Montana town. Tensions are running high, and anything (or anyone) could be the fuse to ignite them: a recently released convict trying to prove his innocence, a prominent cattleman who craves respect at any cost, a wily traveling dentist at odds with a violent local blacksmith, or a firebrand of an editor who is determined to unlock the town’s secrets.

Jones walks into the middle of it all, and this time, he may be the hero that this town needs.

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Contents

• Section 1: 9
• Section 2: 21
• Section 3: 26
• Section 4: 33
• Section 5: 40
• Section 6: 45
• Section 7: 49
• Section 8: 54
• Section 9: 64
• Section 10: 69
• Section 11: 74
• Section 12: 82
• Section 13: 88
• Section 14: 95
• Section 15: 101
• Section 16: 105
• Section 17: 111
• Section 18: 120
• Section 19: 127
• Section 20: 131
• Section 21: 137
• Section 22: 143
• Section 23: 147
• Section 24: 152
• Section 25: 154
• Section 26: 161
• Section 27: 167
• Section 28: 172
• Section 29: 178
• Section 30: 182
• Section 31: 186
• Section 32: 189
• Section 33: 195
• Section 34: 199
• Section 35: 205
• Section 36: 210
• Section 37: 214
• Section 38: 221
• Section 39: 225
• Section 40: 229
• Section 41: 235
• Section 42: 241
• Section 43: 245
• Section 44: 251

About the author

BILL PRONZINI has been nominated for, or won, every prize offered to crime fiction writers, including the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Detroit Free Press said of him, "It's always nice to see masters at work. Pronzini's clear style seamlessly weaves [storylines] together, turning them into a quick, compelling read." He lives and writes in California, with his wife, crime novelist Marcia Muller.

Bill is the author of the Nameless Detective Novels, including Hellbox and Endgame.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Give-a-Damn Jones: A Novel of the West
• Author: Bill Pronzini
• Publisher: Tor Publishing Group, 2018
• ISBN: 0765394405, 9780765394408
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical; Fiction / Westerns