The big sugar
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023].
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A grisly death near her new homestead draws Brigid Reardon into a complicated mystery soon after her arrival in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1881  

After the harrowing events that entangled her in Deadwood, Brigid Reardon just wants to move west and get on with her new life in America. But shortly after traveling to Cheyenne to join her brother Seamus, she finds herself caught up in another deadly mystery—beginning with her discovery of a neighbor’s body on the plains near their homes. Was Ella murdered? Are either of the two men in Ella’s life responsible? With Seamus away on a cattle drive, her friend Padraic possibly succumbing to a local’s charms, and the sheriff seemingly satisfied with Ella’s fate, it falls to Brigid to investigate what really happened, which puts her in the crosshairs of one of Cheyenne’s cattle barons, called “big sugars” in these parts. All she really wants is something better than a crumbling, soddy homestead on the desolate plains of Wyoming—and maybe, just maybe, she wants Padraic—but life, it seems, has other plans: this young immigrant from Ireland is going to be a detective on the western frontier of 1880s America, even if it kills her.

Loosely based on the true story of Ellen Watson in Cheyenne in 1889, The Big Sugar continues the adventure begun in Mary Logue’s celebrated mystery The Streel, which introduced a “gritty, charming, clever protagonist” (Kirkus Reviews). With a faultless sense of history, a keen eye for suspense, and a poet’s way with prose, Mary Logue all but guarantees that readers, like Brigid, will find the mystery at the heart of The Big Sugar downright irresistible.

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Book
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191 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781517913694, 1517913691

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"A grisly death near her new homestead draws Brigid Reardon into a complicated mystery soon after her arrival in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1881. After the harrowing events that entangled her in Deadwood, Brigid Reardon just wants to move west and get on with her new life in America. But shortly after traveling to Cheyenne to join her brother Seamus, she finds herself caught up in another deadly mystery--beginning with her discovery of a neighbor's body on the plains near their homes. Was Ella murdered? Are either of the two men in Ella's life responsible? With Seamus away on a cattle drive, her friend Padraic possibly succumbing to a local's charms, and the sheriff seemingly satisfied with Ella's fate, it falls to Brigid to investigate what really happened, which puts her in the crosshairs of one of Cheyenne's cattle barons, called "big sugars" in these parts. All she really wants is something better than a crumbling, soddy homestead on the desolate plains of Wyoming--and maybe, just maybe, she wants Padraic--but life, it seems, has other plans: this young immigrant from Ireland is going to be a detective on the western frontier of 1880s America, even if it kills her."-- Provided by publisher.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Logue's enticing second Brigid Reardon adventure (after 2020's The Streel) finds the young Irish heroine arriving in Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1881 with family friend Padraic. They're hoping to settle there and track down Brigid's brother Seamus, but Cheyenne is a wild and violent town surrounded by ruthless cattle barons--called "big sugars"--who will stop at nothing to acquire land. Seamus, it turns out, is now a cowboy out on the range. While Brigid and Padraic await Seamus's return to Cheyenne, they acquire a small but beautiful plot, and while working the property one day, Brigid finds neighbor Ella hanging from a tree. Vowing to find out who killed Ella puts her at odds with several dangerous men (including big sugars) who have little fear of the law and even less of a woman--but they don't know Brigid. Logue's historical backdrop is meticulously constructed and her characters exceptionally drawn. Readers will feel like they're out in the harsh frontier territory and hardscrabble town, and gladly follow Brigid wherever she goes. (May)

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Logue's enticing second Brigid Reardon adventure (after 2020's The Streel) finds the young Irish heroine arriving in Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1881 with family friend Padraic. They're hoping to settle there and track down Brigid's brother Seamus, but Cheyenne is a wild and violent town surrounded by ruthless cattle barons—called "big sugars"—who will stop at nothing to acquire land. Seamus, it turns out, is now a cowboy out on the range. While Brigid and Padraic await Seamus's return to Cheyenne, they acquire a small but beautiful plot, and while working the property one day, Brigid finds neighbor Ella hanging from a tree. Vowing to find out who killed Ella puts her at odds with several dangerous men (including big sugars) who have little fear of the law and even less of a woman—but they don't know Brigid. Logue's historical backdrop is meticulously constructed and her characters exceptionally drawn. Readers will feel like they're out in the harsh frontier territory and hardscrabble town, and gladly follow Brigid wherever she goes. (May)

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Logue, M. (2023). The big sugar . University of Minnesota Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Logue, Mary. 2023. The Big Sugar. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Logue, Mary. The Big Sugar Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2023.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Logue, M. (2023). The big sugar. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Logue, Mary. The Big Sugar University of Minnesota Press, 2023.

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