Barbed Wire Author:Elizabeth Fackler Frank James, a Texas newspaper reporter, goes to Holler, a town run by a crooked sheriff, Pickles Offut. Hoping to visit his plucky friend and bed partner, Arly Walbridge, James learns she has hanged herself. Angry at what he sees as a cover-up for murder, the reporter vows to catch the killer. He meets attractive Baxter McCullough who now lives... more » in Arly's place, and she offers to help, putting herself in jeopardy along with James. There are many sleazy types in Holler with reason to hate Arly for being an outspoken rebel.« less