Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories

Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories

Short stories

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Publisher's Synopsis

A trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl Webster - star of THE HOT KID.

1940s' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the Pacific, is called in to investigate. Among others, he comes across a Jewish gangster bent on revenge for the Holocaust; a rodeo bull rider turned lawman; and a former Nazi guard who is a persistent runaway.

Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters' molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers' wartime promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined...

Book information

ISBN: 9780753826652
Publisher: Orion
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub date:
Edition: Short stories
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 182
Weight: 186g
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 15mm