Marcus Galloway
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
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In this sharp-shooting Ralph Compton western, a man of honor becomes an outlaw.
Solomon Brakefield tried to play by the rules—and lost. When the mine Sol worked for was robbed, he went after the robbers himself. After he brought the money back, he was given no more than a handshake and a few dollars. Seems like living life on the straight and narrow just doesn’t pay.
So Sol seeks out Nester Quarles, known killer...
Solomon Brakefield tried to play by the rules—and lost. When the mine Sol worked for was robbed, he went after the robbers himself. After he brought the money back, he was given no more than a handshake and a few dollars. Seems like living life on the straight and narrow just doesn’t pay.
So Sol seeks out Nester Quarles, known killer...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Frontier life is hard enough without having kids to worry about -- especially for a widower like Paul Meakes. Still, he's resolved to stay in the small Colorado town his son and daughter call home. So when his daughter is hit by a seemingly poisoned arrow during an Indian raid, Paul is determined to track them down and bring them to justice. But Paul soon discovers that the dangers of the West are far greater and more varied than he ever imagined....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sheriff Zeke Wolpert of Keith County, Nebraska, doesn't keep the peace so much as turn a blind eye to the illegal activities of outlaws for payoffs. To the disgust of the county's honest citizens - and himself - he spends most of it on liquor. Now the outlaws have set their sights on a Wells Fargo shipment that's worth a fortune. It's a chance for Zeke to get enough money to retire. But it's also an opportunity for him to honor the badge he wears...
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ex-lawman Nate Sathow never cared much for the letter of the law. But when he was hired to kill former preacher Frank Waverly, Nate's sense of justice stayed his hand. Now Nate and Frank ride together--an unlikely pair specializing in tracking down escaped outlaws. For their latest job, Nate and Frank must first round up a few men who know their way around trouble. Once gathered, the ragtag souls set their sights on one Casey "Dog Ear" Pescaterro--a...
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Series
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When he loses at the tables on the Delta Jack riverboat, professional gambler Abner Mason has one night to raise all the funds to pay off his debt to the most powerful man on the ship--if only he can stay alive long enough to do so.
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Series
Publisher
Signet, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When young Jarret Pekoe aims to bring a band of violent border-jumpers to justice, his sister hires rifleman Lem Beauchamp to scare some sense into him. But when trouble arrives, they must work together to defeat the outlaws once and for all"--
10) One man's fire
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Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Eli had always led the life of an outlaw. Cutting corners and breaking the law, he knows how to get away with pretty much anything-until he's caught red handed attempting to rob a wagon set out as a trap. Imprisoned and alone, Eli is unsure whether the members of his gang have made it out alive, or if the men behind the disguised wagon are after his life. But he is sure about Lyssa-the beauty who selflessly takes care of him in prison. As Eli struggles...
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Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nick Graves is a Mourner. He arranges funerals and organizes gatherings for wakes as well as hangings, supplementing his meager income by making coffins. He's come to this profession he learned from his father after years making his living with a fast draw and a cool nerve. Nick wants to forget his past by assuming a simple life and a quiet vocation. But the town is full of corrupt men who will make it very difficult for Nick to continue the family...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nick Graves has had a life full of more death than any man can handle. Graves has dealt death as well -- as an outlaw, running with some of the West's most feared gunslingers. Nick's ready to turn his back on his dark past, and live out his existence in the family business -- as a mourner, paid to see to the details of funerals and wakes. But a man's past has a way of staying with him, and soon Nick crosses paths with Barrett, his old partner in crime....
14) Straight shooter
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Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Outlaw Wes Cavanaugh knows that crime doesn't always pay, at least not much. That's why he and his partner, Mose, are willing to pay Jimmy Stock for information on a job that is guaranteed to pay off big. Jimmy has made a career of selling tips to bandits, but the job he sells Wes, a payroll train about to leave Omaha, requires more than information. It requires a straight shooter who can hit targets from a long distance away and in the outlaw business,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nick Graves ran wild for years before he turned respectable and began plying his father's trade. Now he buries the dead for a living -- but the past won't die. A killer he once rode with wants Graves to pay for his desertion, and he means to hit Nick where he's most vulnerable: his family. But this time Nick's going to make sure that what's dead stays dead.
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"To some, Henry Whiteoak is an outlaw. Others see him as a simple salesman out to ply his trade from the back of a garishly painted wagon. In the Badlands of the Dakota Territories, Henry crosses paths with a string of bounty hunters out to claim the growing price that has been put on his head. Unfortunately, the men he?s wronged throughout his colorful past don?t intend to let Whiteoak live long enough to spend the money he stole. At least Henry...
Author
Series
Sanke oil volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Professor Henry Whiteoak is a salesman, a con artist, and a cheat. Traveling in a brightly colored wagon, he sells chemical concoctions and steeply priced contraptions to any and all who attend his medicine shows. When he arrives in the small town of Barbrady, Kansas, Henry Whiteoak also shows his talents in a fight and a mind that?s sharper than a stiletto. While Whiteoak may be a swindler, he is not one to turn away from those who are in need of...
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Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
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Desperados enforce their own brand of justice in this novel in the USA Today bestselling Ralph Compton series.
Bandit Gus McCord may have only one good eye, but his partner Doyle Hill has the nose for sniffing out a golden opportunity. And that’s just what he does when he discovers a black case guarded by the mysterious Mister Mason. But instead of a fortune, Gus and Doyle uncover scraps of fancy cloth smeared in blood. They...
Bandit Gus McCord may have only one good eye, but his partner Doyle Hill has the nose for sniffing out a golden opportunity. And that’s just what he does when he discovers a black case guarded by the mysterious Mister Mason. But instead of a fortune, Gus and Doyle uncover scraps of fancy cloth smeared in blood. They...
19) The Bloody Trail
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Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
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In this Ralph Compton western, a wagon train goes dangerously off course...
Jeremiah Correy is leading his family in a wagon train to Oregon when his plans are waylaid by a group of bounty hunters led by Sam Madigan, who take a man from Correy's party—the quiet, unassuming Emmett Natham, who is actually a known fugitive. But Madigan also aims to nab the rest of the travelers and ransom them off.
Now, Jeremiah must stop Madigan—and...
Jeremiah Correy is leading his family in a wagon train to Oregon when his plans are waylaid by a group of bounty hunters led by Sam Madigan, who take a man from Correy's party—the quiet, unassuming Emmett Natham, who is actually a known fugitive. But Madigan also aims to nab the rest of the travelers and ransom them off.
Now, Jeremiah must stop Madigan—and...