One Yellow Dog, the first in Gregory C. Randall's Deputy Jordan Tynes series is a thrilling, old-fashioned murder mystery set in the contemporary west and starring a cast of unforgettable characters.After serving in Afghanistan, five Crow Indian Army veterans return with ten million dollars they discovered during a fouled-up military operation. They use the money to start a construction company, Big Horn Construction, aimed at helping their tribe. Then, for no apparent reason, and within days of each other, three of the five are viciously murdered.Deputy Jordan Tynes, working with her boss, Sheriff Doug Duluth, and retired Montana attorney general, Russell Pike, focus on one man who they believe may be responsible. Before they can make the arrest, the killer kidnaps the daughter of the head of the construction company as well as Pike's youngest daughter, Sophie. The Indian girl escapes and identifies the killer, setting up a manhunt and chase that puts all involved on a collision course with explosive consequences.
Harlan Hague, award-winning author of Along Came Jenny, returns with another thought-provoking read that is sure to delight fans new and old.Brett Davis, a university history professor in 2022, aware that books are written by people with bias, wonders whether written history ever tells what really happened. A cosmic force of some sort transports him to the nineteenth century West where he witnesses firsthand pivotal events he has often included in his lectures. In the process, he is thrown together with a young, pretty Cheyenne woman, and a budding romance begins. As he sees the reality of these events unfold before him, he feels a sense of vindication, along with a certain sadness that history is always written by the victor. He's determined, though, to document as much about his journeys as he can so that future generations may know the real truth.
"FOR SOME MEN, TROUBLE IS A CONSTANT COMPANION . . . No matter how much he tries to avoid trouble, bounty hunter Brodie Pike can't just look away when it stares him in the face. In his business, friends are hard to find, and when they need help, Pike will always heed the call. Pike faces daunting odds when he rides to the aid of some newfound friends in the gold- and silver-mining towns of Colorado Territory-two marshals beset by outlaw gangs, and a woman ravaged by bestial men"--
"...this page-turner left me with a knot in my throat that's still there..." -Peter Brandvold, bestselling author, on Brand Chaser: Dark Range OneIn book 2 of the Dark Range series, Brand Inspector Emory Cross returns home to the Lost Daughter Ranch for a visit and finds herself caught in the middle of a modern-day range war motivated by greed and intimidation.A shootout at the ranch leaves both Emory and her father fighting in a battle that's neither of their own making, nor of their immediate understanding. Emory wants life to continue in Stampede, Rimrock County, much the way it always has, and free from outside influences. When that proves impossible, she wants justice and law and order to prevail-Cross family styleOrganized crime and money laundering has moved into their region of Colorado-with deadly consequences. It's up to Emory to bring to heel the criminal elements responsible, no matter the cost.
From John A. Russo, the co-author of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, a suspense thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat, guessing until the last page!
He will uphold the law, even if it costs him everything...Shortly after the turn of the century on a Colorado range near the town of Sage, Will Landry-an African American land agent enforcing the Van Wyck Fence Law-finds himself in a precarious position. When he discovers the body of a lynched nester swinging out on the prairie, Landry realizes he's stumbled upon a sinister plot orchestrated by German immigrant cattle baron, Joachim Lang-a man steeped in darkness if there ever was one.To bring Lang to justice, Landry must confront not only the rampant racism of the era but also a town bureaucracy resistant to change. Yet, amidst the adversity, Landry forges unexpected alliances with outcasts and those nursing personal vendettas against a common enemy.As Landry's unwavering dedication and commitment to the law chip away at Lang's facade, tensions escalate toward a dramatic climax-a showdown that will test Landry's courage and resilience like never before.
"A family saga of the old west with richly drawn characters and portrayals of life in the era ... When the father he never knew was gunned down in the New Mexican high country, Ab Catton swore to unite his estranged family--five brothers and one sister--in order to avenge Web's murder and claim his legacy of gold. Now the feuding clan members have to bury their own differences in order to bury their father's killer and take possession of the inheritance that is rightfully theirs. Hot on their trail and eager to disrupt their plans is their sociopathic uncle Brandon Bragg. He hated Web, and he hates the children just as much. Overcoming the difficulties will prove challenging, but Ab and his siblings are willing to risk it all to test the bonds of family and blood"--
Owen Wister and Spur Award winning Gordon D. Shirreffs pens incredible, true-to-life tales of the American west that are sure to please even the most discerning consumer of Western fiction.In Last Man Alive, Lorimer had escaped the massacre at Big Hatchet thanks to pure blind luck-probably the only luck he'd ever had in his life. But the money was gone and the Indians sure hadn't taken it-they considered money bad medicine. The Army thought him a thief and a coward, the Indians wanted him dead just because they didn't like survivors, and Lorimer had nobody on his side but his outcast half-breed...In Now He Is Legend, Ross Starkey is a tormented drifter who lives by the gun and rides wherever the money is-to range wars in the north, to revolutions south of the border, to any outlaw renegade who has the right price to pay for his services. Now Starkey wants out, and there's only one thing that stands in his way-a man they call the Tascosa Kid. The coming showdown will be unlike any Starkey has faced..."The joy of reading Shirreffs' work is in his mastery of pacing and his tough, gritty prose." - James Reasoner, author of Outlaw Ranger.
At age seventeen in April 1893, Henrietta Place is tremendously excited that she has been accepted by the Board of Admissions of Barnard College in New York City, where she will study to become a school teacher. But then her Aunt Hildegarde informs her that her dream must end, for her domineering father, Major Marcus Belmont, is demanding that she and her aunt and sister join him out West. Henrietta tries to rebel, but it's no use, and the major gets his way. Full of resentment, young Etta Place unwittingly heads into a series of mishaps that culminates with her being captured by the notorious Apache Kid, and then being rescued by Harry Alonzo, the alias of a handsome outlaw notoriously known as The Sundance Kid.
"A combination of vicious winter storms, ugly and stupid men, and son Rob and his wife coming home turn the holiday period around the Jack Slater ranch to near chaos. Short-handed and facing a winter disaster on the range, Slater also faces a cattle rustler who wants him dead and another cattle rustler who kills the sheriff and runs amok. Normally quiet streams become raging water courses that must be crossed, deep arroyos are filled with wind driven snow, become hidden vaults of danger that men, horses, and cattle can fall into, and below zero temperatures can rip the life right out of a man if he should become wet or stranded. Slater and his crew that he calls family, face an eastern Nevada winter like none other before. When things become almost more than the big man can handle, his wife, Mims, gives birth to twins while he's on the open range desperately trying to save part of his herd. Wood cutters, a blacksmith, and a saloon owner all come together to bring peace and quiet to the Mound Valley. Ugly, mean, and stupid men are responsible for many deaths, for creating an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, and in the final analysis, pay the ultimate price"--
"Wayne Dundee's straight-shootin', hard-ridin' fan favorite is back in the saddle again, hell bent for leather on getting justice. Arriving on horseback at a railroad watering station where he means to briefly rest and hopefully find some refreshment before moving on, Lone McGantry tangles with a pair of rowdy cowboys who are up to no good. No sooner is that resolved than a train arrives after having been just robbed. Aboard is Jeth Howard, an old friend of Lone's from his days as an army scout. As a favor to Jeth, who has particular reasons for wanting to regain a priceless heirloom in the form of a jeweled brooch that was taken during the robbery, Lone agrees to aid him in the pursuit. The pair proceed to chase the train robbers-the notorious Dar Pierce gang-through Colorado and across the borderlands of Nebraska and Kansas. Along the way they encounter other dangers, including betrayal, a near lynching, and the rescue of Minowi, an Indian girl on the run, before the final showdown comes in Massacre Canyon, where an historic Indian battle once took place"--
From Award Winning author K.S. Jones, a great American novel illuminating the past with thoughtful and often insightful glimpses of a heritage many today have forgotten.It's 1932, and America's Great Depression is ravaging the nation through poverty, starvation, and homelessness, but frankly, more important things are happening in the small town of Coaldale, Arkansas.Sixteen-year-old Sooze Williams and her family are barely eking out a living on their inherited family farm in Western Arkansas. Many less fortunate families have already lost their homes and farms to the banks, the drought, and the times. When older brother Henry reveals to Sooze a secret plan, she makes a fateful decision in an effort to keep her family close. A twist of fate-and a desperate lie-sends Sooze on a perilous journey to save someone dear to her. Dangerous as the journey may be, Sooze discovers that, in the end, few things in life matter more than love, hope, and trust.
"SPUR AWARD WINNER C.K. CRIGGER IS BACK WITH TWO OF HER MOST LOVED CHARACTERS IN ANOTHER DANGER, ACTION, AND ADVENTURE FILLED INSTALLMENT OF THE FAN-FAVORITE THE WOMAN WHO... SERIES! It's hard to deny friends asking for help-even when it means stepping headlong into danger. As a sort of left-over deputy from a previous adventure, January Billings is compelled to answer the call when a valuable gun is stolen from the local mercantile, and the storekeeper viciously assaulted. The town marshal is out of action and the sheriff is an ineffectual fool. What else can she do but step up? Besides, the stolen gun links Eli Pasco to the situation and she wants to know why. However, old connections don't make the job any easier. To make matters worse, a gang of outlaws-two of which harbor grudges against January and Eli-have drifted into town to work a complex investment scam and rob a bank. Death will walk the streets of the little western town on this cold winter night, pitting a few against many. What will it take to beat the odds? The odds are stacked against her...but she likes it that way..."--
Spur and Owen Wister Award winner Gordon D. Shirreffs spins tales of adventure in the old west that are heart-pounding and invigorating. Two of those tales are found in this volume, for your enjoyment.In Rio Desperado, Burke Dane sets out to avenge the unlawful lynching of his half-brother. The further he goes, the more entangled he becomes in a web of lies and deceit. His desire for vengeance is tempered and strengthened when he finds himself a hunted man, on the run for his very life. He'll get justice, though, no matter the price...In Top Gun, Dade Averill was fed up with being a gunslick. Before getting locked into the path he'd been on for years, he'd wanted more out of life than the clothes on his back and the pair of silver-inlaid Colts on his hips.When an old friend pleaded for his help to fight off a bunch of killers, he wanted no part of it but couldn't simply turn his back. He knew what he had to do, simply because he was the best. There was no rest for the weary, and no resting place for a top gun-except the final one."Shirreffs' work is a mastery of pacing and tough, gritty prose." - James Reasoner
The Drowned Horse Chronicle: Volume 1: The Forrest Years is the first mosaic novel in David Boop's Weird Western series, collecting previously published short stories and presenting many new ones, ultimately weaving them into a single compelling narrative.Welcome to the town of Drowned Horse! It's one helluva place!Westward expansion was fraught with peril from the get-go, be it weather, wildlife, or Natives. But what no one expected was the supernatural phenomena: Native American gods, vampires, ghosts, and aliens!Legend has it that a person's deepest fears become real in Drowned Horse. Its citizens have seen it all: Gambling Gods. Mythological Monsters. Sinful Settlers. But despite these "setbacks," they do their best to carve out a life here...before it carves back!A place of dreams and nightmares, it's where pioneers carry their demons as luggage on the 4:00 stagecoach. Will these stubborn fools build a future here, or will the ghosts of their past drag them under the red-painted desert?Standing between the dark and the light is one brave sheriff...
From the pen of John A. Russo, co-creator of the cult classic Night of the Living Dead, comes a suspenseful and intriguing murder mystery sure to haunt you long after the last page is read...David Cristi, a famous movie director now in his sixties, has enjoyed a long, flourishing career, thanks to the franchise horror character that he invented-a brutal serial killer named Wayne Calley.For decades, David has been tormented by the unsolved murder of his best friend, Ronald Demick, when they were young teens. Two other boys were killed along with Ron, and at first the murders seemed to be solved, but now, after seventeen years in prison, those who were thought to be guilty have been exonerated by new DNA evidence.Plagued by this development, David decides to try to solve the decades-old murders. He teams up with Vito Martinelli, the same detective who investigated the original case. Not willing to let sleeping dogs lie, David puts himself and his loved ones in mortal danger from the wrath of the true killer and his allies.The truth could set you free...or it could kill you...
Writing as Will Cade, Spur Award Finalist Cameron Judd pens captivating tales of adventure in America's western frontier. Together in a single volume for the first time are two of the best Cade novels published. In Flee The Devil, it was a thief's dream come true. Dex Otie couldn't believe his luck when he saw the railroad trestle collapse, hurtling the Bluefield Golden Special into the gorge below. It got even better when one of the bodies he was robbing turned out to be Wade Murchison, carrying the loot from a bank job. So what if Wade wasn't quite dead yet? Dex could take care of that.Only problem was, Wade didn't die that easily. He lived just long enough to tell his brother, Devil Jack Murchison, who it was who took the money and left him there to die. Now, they didn't call him Devil Jack for nothing, and he wasn't the forgiving type. Dex was in for the fight of his life...In Sawyer's Quest, it appears to be just a simple metal box. But what it contains might very well be worth its weight in gold-or blood. Inside the box is the latest manuscript by famous author Charles Oliver Farnsworth, and there are scads of people who would do just about anything to get their hands on it. But the man who finds the box is Billy Sawyer, and all he wants to do is return it to its rightful owner. So Billy sets off for Dodge City, where Farnsworth is scheduled to appear. All along the way, though, Billy is trailed by shady characters, threatened by mysterious strangers, and set upon by ruthless hardcases. How can Billy complete his quest when it looks like every con man and killer in the West is dead set on relieving him of the responsibility of that box?"Judd is a fine action writer." - Publisher's Weekly
MR. WOLF IS A BRAND-NEW HERO THAT YOU CAN ROOT FOR FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HARD-EDGED SCOTT STILETTO THRILLERS - BRIAN DRAKE.When innocent people are in the crossfire and the police are unable to help, Wolf picks up where the law leaves off.As he hunts for clues through the city's dark alleys, chasing mafia killers, solving a decades-old crime, or helping a widow unravel the mystery behind a murder attempt, he quickly uncovers the hidden hands behind the violence, but even he isn't ready for the shocking twists when the last bullets are fired.THE DANGEROUS MR. WOLF is your introduction to a good man to have on your side.Better pray he stays there.
"2014 Short Fiction Spur Finalist V.J. Rose takes us back into the lives of Dudford Washburn and his motley crew in this classic adventure tale of the Old American West. After the Civil War, rancher and muleskinner Dudford Washburn returns to San Antonio to find that his wife has unexpectedly divorced him. Determined to make enough money to win her back, he comes up with a scheme to herd longhorns across the wilds of West Texas in order to sell them to the army posts in New Mexico for a huge profit. It's so dangerous, the only cowhands he can find are green-under-the-collar boys who don't know any better. To round out his ramshackle crew, Dud is forced to take along his feuding relatives who have their own reasons for going. Everyone else believes they are about to embark on a suicide mission through hell, but Dud is convinced fortune awaits at the end of the trail... Tagline: They'll have to be bullhide tough to survive the harsh west"--
Louise Dunlap is a horribly abused wife intent on murdering her husband, Charles, because she believes him to be grooming her daughter for a much worse abuse. In an ironic twist of fate, Charles is killed quite suddenly. Louise thinks she's free and clear, and can get on with her life safely with her daughter. But other dark and sinister forces have plans in play yet to be seen. At the same time, three young women are planning to avenge the rape and murder of two of their female friends who were attacked after leaving the nightclub where they worked. Louise is now in jeopardy every way she turns. And her only hope seems to be to team up with the female vigilantes.But two suspicious detectives, Hugh Rawlins and Lisa Pasky, are closing in on her, too. Who will live and who will die in the action-packed and highly suspenseful wrap-up?
Gordon D. Shirreffs, master of the Western action novel, turns his keen wit and skill toward two distinctly captivating tales of the American Civil War, told through the eyes of the young men who were duty bound to serve their country.In Action Front!: At Gettysburg, on the hot and heavy first day of battle, Battery B-known as "Crispin's Bulldogs"-faces not only the fierce rebel lines but disastrous panic in a huge wheel horse on one of its own gun teams. When Confederate metal finds its target, three figures in ill-fitting blue step from the war-shocked air to help serve the stricken gun. One underage, the second with a limp, and the third a half-pint, Ben Buell, Seth Pomeroy, and Zack Pascoe are the only members of their scattered company of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia to answer at last the thrilling, terrible command of "Action front!" Allowed to remain with the gruff and grateful Bulldogs, little Zack becomes an assistant cook, Seth a gunnery corporal, and Ben, reunited with the horse that had been his pet back on the family farm, is made a wheel team driver.In The Gray Sea Raiders, Shirreffs tells the tales of the daring men of the Confederate States Navy who were determined to harass, burn, or capture ships of the opposing Northern fleet as they plied the waterways of the Atlantic. Overcoming numerous obstacles, including foul disease, Union retaliation, and ammunition problems, the crew of the vessel, Florida carried out its orders with great success and made young Clint Wallace a hero among his peers. "Written by the hand of a master!" -The New York Times
A tale of feuding hearts amidst dangerous mountains...Spicy McCoy is pilfering berries for her mountain medicine, when confronted by a foe claiming to own the West Virginia land she's on. Stealing could result in jail or worse, death. Strikingly handsome, the enemy is like none she's ever met. He says his name is Stone, he's a doctor and not out to hurt her. She can have the berries he says. Sure, for a price. He blocks her escape until she kicks his shin, flees and poles across the Tug Fork River. But when her patient worsens, she may risk her life to seek Stone's advice.Stone Hatfield has come home to escort his mother and aunt to an election. Living in Philadelphia for the past twelve years, he's at his house on the hill when he spies a trespasser. Never in his wildest dreams did he expect to find a sexy river siren swiping his blueberries. She refuses to identify herself, but a man in the Kentucky woods calls out Spicy. The sassy name fits. Due to Tug Valley's dark and deadly history, Stone isn't surprised by her flight. Unable to get her out of his mind, he defies the feud to find her.Clay McCoy, a murdering madman intent on marrying Spicy, is determined not to let anybody get in his way. Vorticia Hatfield, a self-proclaimed witch plans to eliminate any threat to her squatting rights on the backside of the Stony Mountains. Feuds from every emotional and physical angle erupt, threatening to destroy the good instead of the evil.
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