Looking for Lynne

Ezra Riley returns in this fourth in a series of contemporary western novels following the life of a rancher in eastern Montana. Fast-paced but with a poetic touch, the novel chronicles the challenges Ezra Riley faces from physical pains, a billionaire intent on owning his ranch, a radical environmentalist disguised as a government consultant, and an adventuring New York journalist. A new character, Barney Wallace, brings humor to the Ezra saga. Standing on its own, Looking for Lynne can be enjoyed without reading the award-winning previous books. American Book Award winner Shann Ray says of this book: "If you want the real blood and bone of the West, read John L. Moore. Carry this book like a divine message. Savor every word."

John L. Moore is a rancher and writer in Montana who has published extensively as a novelist and journalist. His first novel, The Breaking of Ezra Riley, won the Critics’ Choice Award for Fiction from Christianity Today and was first runnerup for a Golden Spur Award. Moore has been published in The New York Times Magazine and scores of other publications. His work is noted for the poetic quality of his prose and its western authenticity. Literary master Larry Woiwode has called him on of the country’s under-appreciated writers.