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Incident At Confederate Gulch

Author : Ethan Harker

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 44,17 MB

Release : 2017-04-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719824257

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When 17-year-old Tom Hogan's sister is offered a job at a theatre in the mining town of Diamond City, Montana, he little realizes that his twin is in danger of being drawn into a life of prostitution. When he discovers the truth, the young man sets off to rescue her. But his journey leads him into the underground world of gambling dens and hurdy-gurdy houses. His plans go awry and unwittingly he becomes involved in the break-up of a gang of opium smugglers. He also learns that being a real man means a good deal more than just carrying a gun or winning at a Faro table.



Gunfight at Hilton's Crossing

Author : Bill Cartwright

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 17,40 MB

Release : 2017-05-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 071982219X

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When drifter Chuck Mellors is inveigled into assisting in a robbery which goes terribly wrong, he becomes a fugitive from the law. Seeking justice not only for himself, but also for the widow and child who suffered as a consequence of the crime, Chuck Mellors embarks upon a long journey through the Indian Territories to Texas. Here, in the little town of Hilton's Crossing, matters reach a shocking and deadly resolution.



Chilcot's Redemption

Author : Ethan Harker

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 111 pages

File Size : 14,68 MB

Release : 2017-04-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719824192

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Brook Chilcot is a man past his prime. The former sheriff of Grafton's Peak has swapped the glory days of protecting his beloved town for gloomy days cadging drinks in the local saloon. When a young man, wishing to be taught how to shoot, attempts to convince Chilcot out of retirement, the former sheriff is hesitant. His career ended after a disastrous shootout and he is in no hurry to leave his alcoholic haze and remember the past. But Chilcot is won over. Accompanied by the youth, he returns to Grafton's Peak. Here in his old town, Chilcot must confront new faces and old enemies, and quickly learn how to handle himself again if he is going to last long. When confronted by the son of an outlaw he killed many years previously, Chilcot is given the chance to redeem himself for his errors in the past. Will he take it?



Land of the Saints

Author : Jay Clanton

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 111 pages

File Size : 31,18 MB

Release : 2016-12-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719822092

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It is the summer of 1859 and the Turner family are making their way along the Oregon Trail to California. The wagon train with which they are travelling is attacked by a band of Paiute, but this is no mere skirmish in the Indian Wars. There are more sinister forces at work. The territory of Utah, or Deseret as those who live there call it, is in open rebellion against the government in Washington. Turner and his wife and daughter are caught in the crossfire of what looks to be shaping up to a regular shooting war.



Jordan's Crossing

Author : Ethan Harker

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 37,28 MB

Release : 2016-11-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719821789

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Jack Denton was just another travel-stained wanderer when he fetched up in the little town of Jordan's Crossing. He had no particular aim in coming there; other than resting for a space. When Denton finds a young widow being terrorized, though, he cannot stand by. His actions save others, but at what cost to himself?



McAllister's Last Ride

Author : Bill Cartwright

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 115 pages

File Size : 24,4 MB

Release : 2017-07-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719823943

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When Marshal Brent McAllister is told by the doctor that he has less than a year to live, he decides that he will not wait passively for death to overtake him. Instead, he determines to hunt down and dispose of the worst men in the state; vicious and depraved criminals, whom the law cannot touch. It is McAllister's expectation that in the course of this quest, he may find a quick and easy death from a bullet, rather than a lingering end in a hospital bed.



Kiowa Rising

Author : Yes Jack

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 118 pages

File Size : 37,48 MB

Release : 2017-03-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 071982236X

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When the stage to El Paso is ambushed by road agents, the only passenger able to take a lead in resisting the bandits is retired provost marshal Talbot Rogers. Not only must he lead the other passengers to safety, he also finds himself carrying word to an army base about an imminent Indian uprising. With a band of outlaws dogging his steps and a young girl to protect, it will be a race against time for Rogers to warn the outpost of Fort Williams about the danger about to engulf it.



Last Confession of Rick O'Shea

Author : Clyde Barker

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 119 pages

File Size : 13,43 MB

Release : 2017-04-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719821932

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When Irishman Richard O'Shea, commonly known to everybody as Rick O'Shea, decides that the time has come to give up his life of banditry and return to his own country, he feels the need first to make his confession in San Angelo's Catholic church. His plans are thrown into disarray when, at the priest's urging, he delays his voyage home, in order to undertake the rescue of a child being held to ransom across the border in Mexico. Caught between a vicious band of cutthroats on the one side and a crooked lawman on the other, Rick O'Shea's chances of gettingback to Ireland in one piece seem to dwindle by the minute and he soon finds himself wishing that he'd never troubledhimself with confessing his sins in the first place.



Archer's Luck

Author : Ed Roberts

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 25,65 MB

Release : 2017-06-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719822416

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When drifter Lew Archer meets a priest, while travelling along a lonely road in Texas; he thinks nothing of it. But this chance encounter sets in motion a train of events which, strange to relate, sees Archer undertaking to escort a party of nuns through hostile territory to start a school on the Mexican border. With war and bloodshed around them, it will be a miracle if they manage to make their way to safety. If anybody can help them achieve their aim it is Lew Archer, although we he should take the trouble to do so is a mystery to everybody; including Archer himself!



Legend of Dutchman's Mine

Author : Jethro Kyle

Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 11,42 MB

Release : 2017-05-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0719822254

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Sheriff Thomas of the small town of Fenton's Creek is exceedingly puzzled when an elderly recluse is murdered. This first murder is followed swiftly by another and it soon seems that Fenton's Creek is at the centre of an affair which has even the government in Washington alarmed. Into this maelstrom of violence comes young Harriet Thorndike from Boston. She knows nothing of what is going on and has only arrived in the town to attend her uncle's funeral. In no time at all, her own life is also in jeopardy and she soon finds herself caught up in a desperate search for the treasure which is said to lie up in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.