The Hanging of Samuel Ash: 4 (A Hook Runyon Mystery 4)

Vivid characterizations searing descriptions and a twisty plot make Sheldon Russells The Hanging of Samuel Ash a gripping read.. Railroad bull Hook Runyon and his dog Mixer are chasing persistent pickpockets on the Santa Fe line when Hook is called to investigate a malfunctioning wigwag signal in the middle of nowhere. A young man has been strung up there hung from the signal and left strangled to death. Hook finds no identification on the body other than a bronze heros medal around the corpses neck with the name Samuel Ash engraved on it. Refusing to bury what seems to be a World War II hero in a paupers grave Hook vows to find the dead boys family as well as his killer.. With the casket in tow and slowed down by an over-educated sidekick Junior Monroe and a stream of new tasks from the head of division Hook finally finds his way to Carmen Oklahoma. But no one there has ever heard of anyone named Samuel Ash. There are secrets in Carmen most of them associated with the local orphanage and its disliked director and Hook is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of the hanging of Samuel Ash.