Quincannon
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Quincannon

by Bill Pronzini

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pages
166
Language
English
Published
1985

Overview

A new novel of frontier justice from the award-winning author acclaimed for his "stylish writing" (Publishers Weekly) and "unerring eye" (Kirkus Reviews)...<p>BOUND BY OATH<p>It has been thirty years since the Secret Service was founded, an elite circle of men who each, according to his blood-signed oath, "must recognize that his service belongs to the government through twenty-four hours of every day". John Quincannon's father was one of the founding few, and in the Quincannon line, the apple does not fall far from the tree...<p>BOUND FOR REVENGE<p>Secret Service agent John Quincannon has found little joy in his life since a stray bullet of his caught an innocent, expectant young woman, killing both mother and child. Now, still in mourning a year later, Quincannon can only find solace at the bottom of a jug of sour mash. But he'll have to buck up -- and sober up -- for his next mission: The Service needs Quincannon to bring down a major counterfeiting ring responsible for the death of one of his colleagues. And staying sober won't be easy when there's a young lady in town who's a dead ringer for his late victim...

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