Saturday 30 June 2012

Black Horse Westerns - June 2012



Buffalo Falls by Robert B. McNeill

Northern Texas, July, 1878: ex-cavalrymen Amos Kane and Luke Fisher end a hard, three-day ride when they reach the frontier town of Buffalo Falls, where the Farmer's Mercantile Bank is expecting an unusually large and secret cash shipment: $50, 000. Kane and Fisher arrive hoping to get taken on as drovers, but are offered the positions of marshal and deputy marshal instead. They accept, unaware that a gang of ruthless outlaws led by Everett and Jeb Stark know about the payroll. Soon after the Starks ride into town, Kane and Fisher have a run-in with one of their gang. They then discover the real reason for the outlaws' visit ...and the stage is set for violent confrontation.


Ace of Bones by Clay Starner

When famed gunslinger, Reno Valance, rides out, the instructions are clear: collect his wife's relative and return home, fast. For the man, known as Ace, this task is not so simple as Uncle Gifford is dead - murdered! Soon a world of evil is unleashed; a psychopathic killer, two vicious quick-draws and a scheming kid. With this potent mix it's little wonder when all hell breaks loose and Reno is forced to make a decision - he's dealt the devil's card for over twenty years and now he'll have to do it once more. For a handful of proffered dollars he'll take up his Remington six-gun as the Ace of Bones.


Three Rode Together by Steve Hayes and David Whitehead

Jesse Glover was minding his own business when Ulysses S. Grant summoned him to Washington, asking him to quit the life of a cowboy and keep Arizona safe from the likes of Cochise and Geronimo. So Jesse saddled up and headed for Fort Bowie and its Indian-hating commanding officer, Major Nicholas Calloway. Along the way he saved a beautiful White Mountain Apache girl named Morning Star from a monstrous fate. And when he tangled with a ruthless gang who was determined to start a whole new Indian uprising, he found help in the shape of two unlikely allies - a Zulu warrior named Sam and a Chiricahua Apache named Goyahkla, who was better known as Geronimo.


Applejack by Emmett Stone

When old-timer, Applejack, disappears after claiming to have struck it rich, Marshal Rupe Cooley has more important things to take care of, like dealing with the vicious outlaw, Cage Drugget. When Applejack is recognized carrying out a bank robbery with Drugget's gang, Cooley saddles up and sets out after them. Meeting more of Drugget's victims along the way, his resolve to bring the gang boss down intensifies. Will he find the hideout in time? And what is the truth about Applejack's fortune?


The Ghosts of Poynter by Amos Carr

Chase Tyler is headed for the town of Poynter. An attempted ambush, the death of an innocent man, and a sheriff who won't play by the rules, added to a brother-in-law who can't be trusted, and a young man out for vengeance, all make for a pretty complicated visit. When Chase also meets a woman who bears more than a passing resemblance to Chase's lost love there is very little hope of him laying old ghosts to rest.


The Bloodstained Crossing By Matt Laidlaw

Late at night, close to the silver town of Tombstone, Arizona, a wagon rattles down to the Mexican border laden with heavy crates full of silver ore. Two weeks later, in the town of Rawton, a man's death coincides with John Probity's arrival. By the next day another person has died and Probity is in jail, accused of murder. Freed by the enigmatic town barber, Ulysses Court, Probity sets out to discover the truth. With the number of dead rising, Probity and Court witness the gunning-down of some Mexicans at the San Pedro river and from that moment they are fighting factions from both Tombstone and Rawton. Can they make their way to safety and stay one step ahead of the furious, gun-toting outlaws?


Gallows Bound by Ben Coady

Against the odds, having hunted down and cornered the notorious outlaw Frank Cuskin, Marshal Abe Ryan realizes that his problems are only just beginning. Lack of sleep, the desert, Indians, Cuskin's polecat kin, thirst and exhaustion are a combination which, on the long ride ahead, make it ever more likely that Ryan's mission will end in failure. When Cuskin gets the upper hand and leaves him for dead, a lesser man than Abe Ryan would have abandoned the task and traded the dangers of his mission for his previous easy life as town marshal. But Ryan is not a lesser man, and he will use every weapon in his arsenal to deliver the killer to the gallows.


Montaine's Revenge by Dale Graham

Two days before the end of the Civil War, Sergeant Cody Montaine is gunned down and left for dead by a bunch of deserters led by Butte Fresno. Even though he survives the vicious attack, Cody has lost his memory and, taking the name of Lucky Johnson, sets out to piece his life back together. Periodic recollections eventually lead Cody to the New Mexico town of Las Vegas where Fresno has assumed his identity using a stolen deed of inheritance. But will Cody get revenge and so exhume his old life? Turning the tables on the evil brigand is fraught with danger. Only with guile and the help of a beautiful woman will justice be served.

Thursday 28 June 2012

Review of The Ghosts of Poynter by Amos Carr




After a quick scene that helps define the type of man Tyler is, Amos Carr then takes time to fill the reader in on a couple of events from Tyler’s past; the first being how he came to own his horse and then tells how Tyler’s fell deeply in love and then lost that girl to a fire.


The story has two main threads; the first being who is attempting to kill Tyler and why, the other being the meeting of Sarah and the ghosts that rise in Tyler due to this, causing him to struggle with his feelings...

Read more at Western Fiction Review

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Linford Westerns - June 2012


The Tanglewood Desperadoes by Logan Winters

ISBN: 9781444811339
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 256 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Once you entered Tanglewood, in Southern Colorado, you could never find your way out. A savage, broken landscape - it was the perfect place to hide from the law. No lawman ever entered it, preferring the Tanglewood to do his work for him. So when Trace Dawson and his gang rode in, they were men without hope. Crooked land-pirates had taken their land and their homes from them. Now they were planning to fight back, whatever that might involve...
 


The Snake River Bounty by Bill Shields

ISBN: 9781444811322
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 216 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

As a young man, Ben Hollinger hunted down and killed the outlaw gang who murdered his family. Now the marshal of a sleepy cattle town, he's forced into a gunfight with a young troublemaker, whom he kills - and his peace is shattered. Nate Thornton, the boy's father, owns the biggest ranch in the territory. The bounty he puts on Ben's head draws every local gun-hand to hunt him down. His only hope of survival lies with Cordelia - Thornton's daughter...



Scar County Showdown by Elliot Long 

ISBN: 9781444811315
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 240 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

When town marshal Arthur Curry is gunned down from behind by killers unknown, his brother, Sam, comes to Columbus to pay his last respects and to seek vengeance. The mayor, an old friend of Sam's, believes he knows who is responsible for the murderous crime. But Sam makes his own investigations, which lead him headfirst into a nightmare to which there is no easy solution. Time is ticking and there is a target on Sam's back...





Hope's Last Chance by Rob Hill

ISBN: 9781444811308
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 272 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

When brothers Tom and Jeb Hope head west to California, it's to save their family farm from repossession by taking a chance on an old mining claim. They find gold, but Jeb is robbed of their find, and then he is murdered in cold blood. Tom trails his brother's killers from the docklands of Sacramento to hostile Indian territory to retrieve the gold which can save his family. Does he have what it takes to survive?


Bear Creek by Jack Edwardes 

ISBN: 9781444811292
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 296 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Ben Tobin had ridden for Wells Fargo for two years, surviving danger and hardship. But when his partner was badly wounded, Tobin decided his riding days were over. However, when his old partner requests his help, he's soon riding into trouble once again. Short-trigger men stalk the alleyways of Bear Creek and powerful ranchers play a dangerous game for big money. Hired killers target Tobin and he'll need all his old skills with his Navy Colt to survive...


Ambush At Lakota Crossing by Terrell L. Bowers 

ISBN: 9781444811285
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 216 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Two old codgers manned Lakota Crossing; fifty miles from the nearest town. The perfect place for an ambush. Wayland Lott and his gang of killers were about to rob an army payroll at its way station, unaware that a bounty hunter was now working at the stage stop at Lakota Crossing. Jess Logan was pleased to finish out the winter there. But when the bandit gang began warring, the bounty hunter jumped straight into action - regardless of the consequences...

Monday 25 June 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon - 25 June

1. Last Man in Lazarus (Black Horse Western) by Bill Shields (30 Mar 2012)

Hardcover £9.89

2. Wild Bill Williams (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (31 Oct 2012)

Hardcover Available for pre-order. £12.38

3. All Guns Blazing by Doug Thorne (30 Dec 2011)

Available for download now £2.74

4. Colorado Kid (Black Horse Western) by Dale Mike Rogers (29 Feb 2012)

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5. Arkansas Smith (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (30 Apr 2012)

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6. Arizona Pay-Off (Black Horse Western) by Duke Patterson (31 Oct 2011)

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7. Gun for Revenge by Steve Hayes (30 Dec 2011)

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8. Iron Eyes the Fearless (Black Horse Western) by Rory Black (31 Aug 2012)

Hardcover Available for pre-order £12.38

9. Crazy Man Cade (Black Horse Western) by Amos Carr (31 Oct 2012)

Hardcover Available for pre-order £12.38

10. Death Rides Alone (Black Horse Western) by Dale Graham (29 Feb 2012)

Available for download now £2.74

Thursday 21 June 2012

Dales Westerns - June 2012


High Iron by Frank Bonham 

ISBN: 9781842629123
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 384 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

Frank Bonham's short novels, as Bill Pronzini says, are essentially mini-novels loaded with twists and turns of plot, historical incident, breadth and depth of character, action, romance, evocatively described backgrounds, and rich period detail. Here, for the first time in large print book form, are three of Bonham's best Western short novels.
 
The Night Horseman by Max Brand 

ISBN: 9781842629031
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 400 Pages
Published - 01-06-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

Whistling Dan's friend Joe Cumberland is dying. Although his daughter Kate gets the best doctor available to save him she realizes that the only one who can bring him back is Whistling Dan, the untamed hero that she loved and lost. Can she find him? Will Dan come, and if he comes, will he stay?

Wednesday 20 June 2012

Jill McDonald-Constable On Writing Westerns


Under the pseudonym of Amos Carr, Jill McDonald-Constable has written numerous westerns for the Robert Hale Ltd Black Horse Western series. A passionate writer for many years, she tells us why she loves the western genre and just how she ended up being given an Indian name herself.

Where did your love of Westerns come from?

I’m an outdoor girl, that’s probably why I like Westerns. I was brought up surrounded by animals, and spent more time with horses than with people, which may just be why I put so many ‘horsey’ details in my books. I loved watching Western films and series, but never read a Western book. I was always really rooting for the Indians though. I have spent all my life writing in various genres, but the way I finally broke into Westerns is a series of strange occurrences...

Read more at Robert Hale Book Blog

Monday 18 June 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon - 18 June

1. Crazy Man Cade (Black Horse Western) by Amos Carr (31 Oct 2012)

Hardcover Available for pre-order  £13.75

2. Wild Bill Williams (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (31 Oct 2012)

Hardcover  Available for pre-order £13.75

3. Arkansas Smith (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (30 Apr 2012)

Available for download now £2.74

4. Colorado Kid (Black Horse Western) by Dale Mike Rogers (29 Feb 2012)

Available for download now £2.74

5. Death Rides Alone (Black Horse Western) by Dale Graham (29 Feb 2012)

Available for download now £2.74

6. Last Man in Lazarus (Black Horse Western) by Bill Shields (30 Mar 2012)

Hardcover £9.93

7. Gunhawk (Black Horse Western) by John Long (31 Oct 2011)

Available for download now £2.74

8. Arizona Pay-Off (Black Horse Western) by Duke Patterson (31 Oct 2011)

Available for download now £2.74

9. The Ballad of Delta Rose (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (29 Jul 2011)

Hardcover  £8.40

10. The Kansas Fast Gun (Black Horse Western) by Arthur Kent (31 Oct 2011)

Available for download now £2.74

Wednesday 13 June 2012

An interview with Peter Wilson

WESTERN fiction is a genre loaded with imagery and conflict; heroes and villains, lawful and lawless, from dust bowl towns populated by cowboys. In stark contrast, it was while looking over the rolling fairways of Furness Golf Club, that author and experienced sports journalist, Peter Wilson, first came up with the idea to write Westerns.

From their Ocean Road home on Walney, Peter gestured towards the golf course and said to his wife: “The Indians are coming!” and the throwaway comment went on to spawn a series of books, published by Robert Hale books of London as part of the Black Horse Western series....

Read more at North West Evening Mail

Monday 11 June 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon.com - 11 June

1. Trail of the Burned Man (Black Horse Western) by Thomas McNulty (Feb 1, 2010)

Hardcover $16.98

2. Wind Rider (Black Horse Western) by Thomas McNulty (May 6, 2010)

Hardcover $0.19

3. Arkansas Smith (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (Apr 13, 2010)

Hardcover $0.01

4. The Black Mountain Dutchman (Black Horse Western) by Steve Ritchie (Jan 1, 2011)

Hardcover  $19.92

5. Dead Man's Range (A Black Horse Western) by Paul Durst (Oct 31, 2011)

Kindle Edition $4.21

6. Gun Law of Phoenix Cline (Black Horse Western) by Terrell L. Bowers (Dec 1, 2011)

Hardcover  $16.42

7. Gunhawk (Black Horse Western) by John Long (Oct 31, 2011)

Kindle Edition $4.33

8. Showdown at Snakebite Creek (Black Horse Western) by Thomas McNulty (Jul 1, 2011)

Hardcover  $25.50

9. The Tombstone Vendetta (Black Horse Western) by Ralph Hayes (Apr 1, 2010)

Hardcover $3.71

10. Ace High in Wilderness (Black Horse Western) by Rob Hill (Jun 1, 2011)

Hardcover $21.39

Saturday 9 June 2012

Review of Ride the Savage River by Scott Connor


The first part of this extremely fast paced book tells of the Moore brothers discovering the truth about their father and the uncertain future one of them has because of it. Lincoln Hawk says he can’t help them bring down Holdstock as he is tracking down a failed bank robber who he says is working for Holdstock. So the Moore brothers head off to Skull Creek with a very flimsy plan...

Read more at Western Fiction Review

Wednesday 6 June 2012

An interview with Matthew Mayo




Matthew P. Mayo may be a new name to many western readers but he’s been contributing articles, essays and reviews to magazines for a number of years. He’s also edited a couple of anthologies and has had a few short stories of his own included in anthologies too, both westerns and other genres. Recently he has been behind two westerns for major publishers and has more on the way...

Read the interview at Western Fiction Review

Monday 4 June 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon - 4 June

1. Last Man in Lazarus (Black Horse Western) by Bill Shields (30 Mar 2012)

Hardcover £9.93

2. Arkansas Smith (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (30 Apr 2012)

Available for download now £2.74

3. Gunhawk (Black Horse Western) by John Long (31 Oct 2011)

Available for download now £2.74

4. Arizona Pay-Off (Black Horse Western) by Duke Patterson (31 Oct 2011)

Available for download now £2.74

5. The Ballad of Delta Rose (Black Horse Western) by Jack Martin (29 Jul 2011)

Hardcover  £8.40

6. Colorado Kid (Black Horse Western) by Dale Mike Rogers (29 Feb 2012)

Available for download now £2.74

7. Death Rides Alone (Black Horse Western) by Dale Graham (29 Feb 2012)

Available for download now £2.74

8. The Kansas Fast Gun (Black Horse Western) by Arthur Kent (31 Oct 2011)

Available for download now £2.74

9. Raking Hell (Black Horse Western) by Lee Clinton (28 Feb 2011)

Hardcover £7.99

10. The Ghosts of Poynter (Black Horse Western) by Amos Carr (30 Jun 2012)

Hardcover Available for pre-order £12.38