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RETRIBUTION: Fourteenth in a Series of Jess Williams Westerns (A Jess Williams Western Book 14) Kindle Edition

by Robert J. Thomas (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In Retribution, Jess leaves the colorful town of Paradise, Kansas; but before he does, he stops at the fresh graves of Little Toby Lambert and his father, Heath, who tried to clean up the town by pinning a sheriff's badge on. Jess makes a solemn promise at Toby Lambert's grave site that he will hunt down the four men responsible for their deaths, as well as for Sarah Purtell, who was savagely beaten, raped and murdered by her own men with the help of her own brother. Jess sets out on a mission of revenge to hunt down and kill the four men responsible and his mission takes him to northern Texas, where he searches for them.

His search is a long and hard one, having to crisscross northern Texas searching town after town, looking for the four men, but he won't give up, he never does. The four men he is hunting discover that he is on their trail, and they split up, making the job of hunting them even harder, but they learn that when Jess Williams is hunting a man, he never quits...ever!
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    A Jess Williams Western
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BPGDP5K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ R & T Enterprise Inc.; First edition (November 15, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 690 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 124 pages
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Robert J. Thomas

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Robert J. Thomas #1 Bestselling Author in Westerns!

Robert J. Thomas began working at the City of Westland, Michigan, in September of 1970. In 1990, he was sworn in as the City's full-time Mayor. He won two reelection campaigns, serving twelve years before he retired in 2002.

His proudest achievement though, is his western series featuring the character Jess Williams. He has written and published over 130 books in the series to date on Kindle. He plans on continuing to write as many books in the series as possible. He was also selected as a KDP Select All-Star Author of the Month for three months in a row in 2014.

Kindle has allowed him to continue with the Jess Williams series and all his efforts will be focused on that series alone for the next few years. He has consistently ranked in the top 100 authors in his genre for the last few years.

Retired, he now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his beautiful wife Jill, where he continues to write more Jess Williams adventures for his readers to enjoy!

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Amazon Customerwdj
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2023
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As lays a well written and entertaining well written story. Jess is the best and never disappoints. Keep.wdofing.gpod.omes.amd.I'll keep reading g them.
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Sky
4.0 out of 5 stars Can't get enough of Jess... (No spoilers)
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2014
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I loved Westerns on TV as a kid - Rawhide, Bat Masterson, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel, and of course, no Sun night was complete without Bonanza (& Ed Sullivan but that's another story). I'm sure my love of horses and riding was influenced by Westerns as well.

Reading the first Jess William novel drew me in - I had to know what this young man was going to do next. I've tried to read the books in order and recommend the same to others. The story arc is much stronger that way tho some of the books can stand alone.

But Jess is best understood when you know what's happened to him and how he reacts to various situations. Are the stories realistic? Not even close but that doesn't diminish them for me in the least. Jess is almost the Wild West version of Batman in many ways. And the suspension of belief necessary to enjoy Batman certainly doesn't diminish one's involvement in his stories one bit.

If you enjoy the Old West, some good ol' fashioned shoot-'em-ups, and seeing the flawed but essentially good guy try to stay on the moral high road while no good bad guys keep trying to pull him down then you'll enjoy the many adventures of Jess Williams.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice End
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2022
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It was good. I am bothered as to what happened to owner of Trails End & Other End saloons, though.
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5.0 out of 5 stars FOR TOBY LAMBERT
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2019
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Our man Jess Williams is on the trail again hunting four evils who murdered a father and his young son Toby Lambert by burning their house down with them in it. These same four men were responsible for the rape/murder of Sara Purcell by cutting her throat. These types of men are what our man killer Jess Williams hunts, there isn't any moral perimeters or principles that these men won't cross.
Then we have the ones described by the author of the men who brace Jess Williams for the notoriety of being the shootist to end Jess's life. He always gives these losers chances to back out of the situations they've put themselves in. He gives back to some of the people in the town's he's staying or passing through who helped him in someway. I personally think that's a good sign, because regardless of your place in society it's good thing to give back. The frontier was a wild and wooly place for families who were destroyed and most times their were children left on their own to survive the best way they could.
Waiting for the next adventurous episode of Jess Williams on the hunt for the worst of the worst humans who make their own laws to live by, and thumb their nose at the legal system.
Keep your powder dry and your ARBUCKLES hot and we'll meet you down the trail.
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JD
5.0 out of 5 stars ... read twenty five books by Robert Thomas and truly enjoyed all of them
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2014
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I have read twenty five books by Robert Thomas and truly enjoyed all of them. Rather than do a review on each one of them I will do this one for all of them.Great writer and very enjoyable reading.Westerns are one of my most favorites books.I think Thomas is as good a writer as there is today.i would highly recommend his books to anyone who likes westerns.I would give all of his books five stars
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021
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Read all of the books in order to really enjoy. Storyline continues to grow and develop a. Characters are realistic and get better and better.
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Tim M M
5.0 out of 5 stars A page turner. I can't get enough!
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2018
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I started reading these stories about a year ago and have been hooked since. All of the books from 1-14 have been entertaining and a steady read. If you love westerns you will LOVE the Jess Williams stories. I know I have and will continue to read till I read them all. I haven't been bored yet.
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cosetta smith
5.0 out of 5 stars long hunt
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2022
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Jesse has been on a hunt for four men who had killed a young boy and his father ,after the last one he found he moved on
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Rod
5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining novel with lots of twists
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2018
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Great read he certainly covers some amount of miles with those 2 horses and the way he is going he will not be able to go to any town in Texas without bumping into a relation of someone he's shot,
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JIW
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly an excellent author.
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2014
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Mr Thomas is a great writer, detailing the era and actions within that time. I travel around the country with him on his journeys. I pull for him when need be.
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JohnB
5.0 out of 5 stars Jess Williams Series
Reviewed in Australia on June 24, 2015
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Jess Williams Series - a must for all readers of Westerns JohnB
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SJSC
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2017
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Standard Jess Williams adventure
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John
4.0 out of 5 stars Another good read
Reviewed in Australia on March 22, 2017
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Like the others before this is a great read - they must be as I'm still buying them. I do wonder at the amount of alcohol Jess drinks, and when there is a new one liner I'm now waiting to see it again in the same book. They seem to be there just to reinforce the statement e.g. "That's just mean." Which can be a distraction when the statement is exactly the same as when used previously. Yes, I'm being picky but the writer is a professional. Obviously I still love the rest of the story though.
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