After Midge's death, Al Murphy wandered around for years, a hollowed-out man who had turned to alcohol until it started to eat away his stomach, the same way grief had eaten away his heart. Murphy thought life had no value to him--until he stumbled upon the tail end of a murder outside Turrett. The killers, fearing that Murphy could identify them, turned their guns on him--and Murphy quickly decided he wasn't ready to die.
year: 1993
call number/section: 1000
subjects: murder, fiction, homicide, west (u.s.), fiction