Five Thousand Dollars Reward

A ragged tramp asks Victoria Vane for water, then follows her into the cottage. When she screams, August Bordine arrives with a rifle—and the stranger leaves with a promise of revenge.

On a warm June day near Ridgewood village, the quiet country roads and wooded acres seem far from danger. But Perry Jounce knows the Vane family, and his menace turns a simple act of kindness into a threat that Victoria cannot easily forget. August, a young engineer and hunter, steps between them; soon, a murder will make him the focus of suspicion and force him to pursue the truth as fiercely as his accusers pursue him. In a tale of old grudges, uneasy loyalties and a five-thousand-dollar reward, can August uncover who is truly dangerous before the evidence closes around him?

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