Friday 31 August 2012

Black Horse Westerns - August 2012



Guns for Gonzalez by Corba Sunman

Provost Captain Slade Moran tracks three army deserters who stole two wagons of guns and supplies to sell to the Mexican bandit, Gonzalez. Time is against him and the renegades need capturing before they cross the border. But Moran's situation is about to get even more complicated. The daughter of Gonzalez, fleeing her father's anger, is being pursued by her father's men and breakaway rebel, Pedro Sanchez, who wants to use her as a bartering chip against her father. When the bullets start flying Captain Moran is right in the middle, and stuck there until the bitter end.


Iron Eyes the Fearless by Rory Black

Following their robbery of the San Angelo bank, Iron Eyes has just outgunned the Lucas gang when he discovers that the sheriff has been wounded and may not pay out the reward money. Downing most of a bottle of whiskey, Iron Eyes spots another outlaw in the saloon. With time to kill he allows Joe Kane to run and then, like a cat after a juicy mouse, sets out after him into forested Indian territory. He comes under attack from a band of Cheyenne warriors, but although wounded, the bounty-hunter keeps on fighting until his guns are empty. The braves close in...Tethered to a stake as triumphant chants echo all around him, he awaits his fate silently. He is unafraid. He is Iron Eyes the Fearless.


Return to Tatanka Crossing by Will DuRey

The war has been over for three years but only now is Charlie Jefferson returning home. If he has changed during his absence, so too have the inhabitants of the Wyoming valley he left behind. Neighbourliness has been replaced by greed and hostility; the cluster of buildings around Sam Flint's trading post has developed into a small township where gun-carrying saddle-tramps congregate; and a man called Brent Deacon is forging an empire at the expense of the original settlers. Choosing to interfere on behalf of Lars Svensson, who is accused of murder, brings Charlie into conflict with the dangerous Deacon, but the reasons for their animosity are much more personal.


Six-Gun Nemesis by Colin Bainbridge

In Chaparral Bend a gallows is being raised for youngster Ty Garland, accused of bank robbery. But is he really guilty? His old ma claims he is innocent, and town tamer, Crossdraw Kitchenbrand, is inclined to believe her, especially as the notorious gunman Angel Addison and his gang, the Yuma boys, seem to be involved. Crossdraw's search for answers brings him up against big ranch-owner Landon Clovis and leads him to the outlaw roost of Addisonville. He can count on the support of the old woman and a girl he has rescued, but will that be enough to succeed against overwhelming odds? Will his six-guns finally bring justice?


Blood on the Land by Paul Bedford

In 1844, young British Army Officer, Thomas Collins, is sent to the fledgling Republic of Texas. His mission: to meet the legendary President Sam Houston to negotiate terms for the British Empire's involvement in his country. What Thomas finds is a world of subterfuge and danger. The republic is scourged by an implacable and deadly enemy, the Comanche Nation, for whom rape, pillage and bloody warfare is a way of life. His desperate fight for survival brings him into contact with Captain John Coffee Hays, and his effective Texas Rangers, and ends in a lethal climax aboard a steamboat on the unpredictable Brazos River.


Beyond Redemption by I. J. Parnham

As a child Jeff Dale witnessed the terrible aftermath of an atrocity. Elmer Drake killed three members of a family and when the surviving girl Cynthia went missing, Jeff vowed that one day he'd find her, no matter how long it took. Ten years later, after finding a clue about Cynthia's fate, Jeff becomes a bounty hunter and follows the trail to the frontier town of Redemption. And in Redemption stalks a gunslinger who carries a gun in one hand and a cross in the other. A man with a rope-burn around his neck, called Elmer Drake...


Rising Red by Caleb Rand

US Marshal, Will Ritter, is well used to hauling outlaws in front of a judge but this is different, Theodore Pond was a one-time friend. Ritter is to transport him across many miles of wild country to stand trial for murder, despite the doubt of Pond's guilt. When the prisoner and his cohorts try to break free, Will's problems really begin. From an abandoned mining town, and with the distraction of two young women passengers, Ritter sets out on a nerve-jangling drive. Finding himself both at the mercy of his prisoners and the moving target of a ruthless posse, this is one journey he will be lucky to finish alive.


Shadows of Guilt by Mark Bannerman

It starts out as a simple mission to trace his kid brother, but Brad Caulderfield rides into a heap of trouble when he kills the brother of Marshal Seth Blevins. Charged with murder and pursued by the embittered lawman, Brad has no alternative but to run for his life. He faces further complications from Stella Goodnight who is out for his blood when he fails to return her affections. When his brother reappears bearing bitter resentments from the past, he is looking headlong into the face of his nemesis...

Monday 27 August 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon.co.uk - 27 August

1. Meredith's Justice (Black Horse Western) by Philip Harbottle (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

2. Longhorn Country (Black Horse Western) by Tyler Hatch (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

3. Tennesssee Renegade (Black Horse Western) by Hank J. Kirby (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

4. Dead Trouble (Black Horse Western) by Jake Douglas (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

5. The Goose Moon (Black Horse Western) by Caleb Rand (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

6. Vengeance Pass (Black Horse Western) by Lance Howard (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £2.74

7. Darrow's Badge (Black Horse Western) by Gillian F Taylor (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £2.74

8. Buck and the Widow Rancher by Carlton Youngblood (29 Feb 2012)

Kindle Edition £2.74

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

Kindle Edition £2.74

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

Kindle Edition  £3.43

Saturday 25 August 2012

Review of Blood on the Land by Paul Bedford


This first Black Horse Western from Paul Bedford is unusual in both the time period the story is set in and the fact that the story is told in the first person. The book is also much longer than the majority of BHW due to more words per line and more lines per page. Chapters also begin a few lines after the previous one ends rather than starting on a new page.

Paul Bedford's prose is very readable and his story is action-packed, containing many fights with the Comanche...

Read more at Western Fiction Review

Friday 24 August 2012

Linford Westerns - August 2012


Crooked Foot's Gold by Greg Mitchell

ISBN: 9781444812046
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 240 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Jim and Barney are trailing a thief when they arrive at White Rock, but they become drawn into the mysterious community that is claimed by white gold-seekers and restless tribes alike. Then, a dying renegade tells them the story of Crooked Foot's gold, which leads to their being hunted down themselves, without knowing why. Now they must venture into dangerous territory seeking answers...and who knows what perils await them?


Dalton's Vengeance by Ed Law

ISBN: 9781444812022
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 224 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Rancher Cliff Sinclair offers the delighted homesteaders of Two Forks three dollars for each acre of their land. They accept this apparently generous offer, but Dalton is dubious. Only he and his friend Loren Steele refuse the offer, and his suspicions are confirmed when Cliff's hired gunslinger, Frank Kelley, kills Loren and runs Dalton out of town. As Dalton seeks vengeance, he and the speed of his gun hand will be tested to the limit.



Outlaw Queen by Ethan Flagg

ISBN: 9781444812008
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 240 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

In Wyoming, an outlaw gang named the Starrbreakers causes mayhem. After every robbery the bandits vanish into the stronghold of the Big Horn Mountains through a gap known as the Hole in the Wall. The law authorities are powerless to hunt them down, so Special Agent Drew Henry is hired to infiltrate the gang in the guise of an escaped convict. Bullets will fly when he comes to town. When Henry takes on the Outlaw Queen can he break the Starrbreakers' stranglehold?


Ace High In Wilderness by Rob Hill

ISBN: 9781444812015
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 280 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

The Civil War had ended six years before, but ex-sharpshooter John Wright couldn't forget his incarceration in the Confederate POW camp at Andersonville. There, he was a powerless observer when a guard murdered his childhood friend. However, two ex-prisoners show up, claiming that they have tracked down the murderous prison guard and need help bringing him in. They offer John a share of the reward - but all is not as it seems. The road to justice is rocky indeed.


The Ballad Of Delta Rose by Jack Martin


ISBN: 9781444812039
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 240 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

After twenty years of life on the road, Delta Rose returns to the ranch he had owned with his fiancee, Etta James. A bullet wedged near his heart has dealt Delta the dead man's hand. Then he discovers that he and Etta have a son - now a young man - who is in trouble; charged with robbery and murder. Can Delta redeem himself for a past ill spent and save the life of the son he never knew he had?
 
 
Revenge For A Hanging by Richard Smith

ISBN: 9781444812053
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 232 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

In Bush Creek Marshal Mason's life is under threat in his own jail. However, a young fugitive under arrest for abduction, horse theft and murder, saves him. The youngster confesses that he knifed an uncle for the brutal lynching of his father, and the marshal realises that he also has an interest in settling the long-standing feud behind the hanging. Together, the marshal and his young rescuer seek justice - which can only come after further violence and more deaths.

Tuesday 21 August 2012

Review of The Outlaw's Daughter by C. J. Sommers


Matt Holiday is an able hero who, at times, puts helping others ahead of his mission to recover the stolen gold. He’s not opposed to getting into a gunfight if needed (and of course it is) but it’s Serenity who comes across as the more devil may care type of person, often acting without thinking, and is ready to gun down those she sees as needing to be killed without a blink of an eye...


Read more at Western Fiction Review

Monday 20 August 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon.co.uk - 20 August

1. Road to Rimrock (Black Horse Western) by Chuck Tyrell (31 Jul 2012)

Hardcover  £12.38

2. Sabinas Kid (Black Horse Western) by Steve Ritchie (29 Feb 2012)

Hardcover £9.13

3. Six-Gun Nemesis by Colin Bainbridge (31 Aug 2012)

Hardcover £12.38

4. The Venom of Iron Eyes (Black Horse Western) by Rory Black (30 Mar 2012)

Hardcover £9.95

5. Invite to a Showdown (Black Horse Western) by Terrell L. Bowers (31 Jul 2012)

Hardcover  £12.38

6. Dead Trouble (Black Horse Western) by Jake Douglas (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

7. The Goose Moon (Black Horse Western) by Caleb Rand (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

8. Meredith's Justice (Black Horse Western) by Philip Harbottle (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

9. Tennesssee Renegade (Black Horse Western) by Hank J. Kirby (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

10. Longhorn Country (Black Horse Western) by Tyler Hatch (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

Sunday 19 August 2012

Review of Hour of the Black Wolf by Mark P. Lynch


Mark P. Lynch expertly uses the technique of switching between his cast of excellent characters chapter-by-chapter or scene-by-scene. This enables him to finish each of these sections by leaving someone in a dangerous situation or with a question, thus ensuring the reader will find it very difficult to put the book down before finding out what happens next.

Read more at Western Fiction Review

Friday 17 August 2012

Dales Westerns - August 2012




The Past Won't End by Lauran Paine

ISBN: 9781842629079
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 256 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

A few years back Frank Nolan had killed a man in New Mexico Territory. That man had been killed in self defence but Nolan had to leave in a hurry none the less. Now studying medicine in Massachusetts he reads that the Territory papers are saying that he was back and had killed three other men in the same way. Someone was using his name and reputation for evil ends. No matter what the consequences Nolan knew he had to return to the Territory to face his past and find out who was killing these men - and why.
 

Mustang War by Frank Roderus 

ISBN: 9781842629154
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 384 Pages
Published - 01-08-2012
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

Oliver Bendix and JoLynn Weaver are committed environmentalists who journey into Nevada shortgrass land to investigate reports of the wanton destruction of wild mustangs. They find not only that the reports are true but soon they too, like the horses, are fleeing for their lives, hunted by desperate men who are determined that no one will live to bring them to justice.

Wednesday 15 August 2012

Review of Riker's Gold by Skeeter Dodds


I picked up this novel wondering what kind of western writer someone named Skeeter might be. Checking the copyright page, he's apparently actually James O'Brien. I gargled the Internet and came up with nothing about this particular writer.

Riker's Gold was originally published as a Black Horse Wester in 2001. I read the large print edition published in the Dales Western Library.

I thought I would be in for a long, slow read when the novel opened with Jack Riker bemoaning the bad times: his once-fruitful farm has hit bad times, as the past few years have brought drought and a failing future to Riker and his wife, who has turned rather bitterly against him as well.

Then a soldier comes by and leaves behind saddle bags full of Army gold for Riker's safekeeping. The soldier is sick with a fever that has wiped out the rest of his company. He wants Riker to hold onto the gold until the Army sends someone looking for the lost troop. Then the soldier rides into the snow-covered mountains to die...

Read more at Spur and Lock

Monday 13 August 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon - 13 August

1. Tennesssee Renegade (Black Horse Western) by Hank J. Kirby (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

2. Dead Trouble (Black Horse Western) by Jake Douglas (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

3. The Goose Moon (Black Horse Western) by Caleb Rand (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £3.43

4. Meredith's Justice (Black Horse Western) by Philip Harbottle (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition  £3.43

5. Invite to a Showdown (Black Horse Western) by Terrell L. Bowers (31 Jul 2012)

Hardcover £9.52

6. Road to Rimrock (Black Horse Western) by Chuck Tyrell (31 Jul 2012)

Hardcover  £9.52

7. The Venom of Iron Eyes (Black Horse Western) by Rory Black (30 Mar 2012)

Hardcover £9.95

8. Darrow's Badge (Black Horse Western) by Gillian F Taylor (31 Jul 2012)

Kindle Edition £2.74

9. Sabinas Kid (Black Horse Western) by Steve Ritchie (29 Feb 2012)

Hardcover  £9.13

10. Buck and the Widow Rancher by Carlton Youngblood (29 Feb 2012)

Kindle Edition £2.74

Friday 10 August 2012

Review of Invite to a Showdown by Terrell L. Bowers



Terrell L. Bowers begins this book by telling two separate stories, both running parallel to each other before converging on a collision course. First we meet Rowena and witness her struggle to survive as an Indian captive, before being freed to live with an aging buffalo hunter. During this part of the book Bowers switches between Rowena’s life trials and those of Travis, each of their stories providing fascinating reading and bringing them into conflict with two different groups of men...

Read more at Western Fiction Review


Thursday 9 August 2012

Mark P. Lynch's new blog

So, this is the blog. Well, a blog. My blog.

We’ve yet to see how often it will be updated and how much of what does actually get written here is worth reading. But as somewhere to begin, this is the beginning. It’s my intention to post some tales here, talk about stories, writing, publishing (and not publishing and self-publishing), science fiction and fantasy (what we loosely call speculative fiction if we don’t want to appear like hacks), crime fiction, mainstream fiction, Westerns, and of course the big bad bear in the woods.

The big bad bear in the woods is the scary thing. And quite rightly so. It’s the thing that gets you in the night, rears its head and snaps at you when you think you’re okay and happily wandering through the trees and enjoying the weather, maybe even thinking about what the Pope’s doing.

When the Links page is up and running properly, I’ll sort out some links to sites about ME and fibromyalgia.

I did consider not doing the ME/fibro thing. But it’d be hard not to talk about it in this blog. If I’m to be honest, then it’s a part of me. It’s shaped my life massively. Relationships, travel, work, writing... hard to imagine any of it being the same if I’d been a healthy person. It’s shaped this blog post, after all.

But there’s all the rest as well. You know, science, politics, life, art.

It’d be my pleasure if you to stick around and share that with me.

I’m Mark. Pleased to meet you.

Read more at http://markpatricklynch.blogspot.co.uk/

Tuesday 7 August 2012

Review of Railroaded! by Mark Bannerman

Mark notes in his interview that he's a fan of Ernest Haycox. His well-crafted sentences, the details he uses to build his characters, and the descriptions of events all provide proof that he's studied Haycox's finer works. There is a pulse and rhythm to Bannerman's narrative that demonstrates his attention to his storytelling craft.

His structuring of the novel provides a nice example. Most BHWs I've read offer a linear narrative, building from a traditional exposition of place and setting, introducing characters, and then adding the points of conflict from A to B to C. ..

Read more at Spur And Lock



Monday 6 August 2012

Bestsellers on Amazon.com - 6 August

1. Gun Runners (Black Horse Western) by Paul Green (Jul 31, 2012)

Hardcover $16.79

2. Hour of the Black Wolf (Black Horse Western) by Mark P Lynch (Jul 31, 2012)

Hardcover $16.77

3. Invite to a Showdown (Black Horse Western) by Terell Bowera (Jul 31, 2012)

Hardcover $21.50

4. Ghosts of Poynter (Black Horse Western) by Amos Carr (Jun 30, 2012)

Hardcover $19.04

5. Drummond Takes a Hand by Alan Irwin (Dec 30, 2011)

Kindle Edition $5.31

6. Ride Back to Redemption by Eugene Clifton (Apr 30, 2012)

Kindle Edition $5.34

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

Kindle Edition $5.39

8. Comanche's Revenge (Black Horse Western) by D. M. Harrison (Mar 1, 2012)

Hardcover $29.84

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

Hardcover  $17.70

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

Hardcover $0.48

Sunday 5 August 2012

Mills and Boon for the tough guys

A short article from a fan of Black Horse covers, along with their titles and author names.

Library Books by their Covers

Friday 3 August 2012

An Interview with Terrell L. Bowers

So, Terrell, what prompted you to become a writer?

My dad got me started reading Westerns. After about a hundred of them, I decided there wasn't enough romance or humor. Being a wit (perhaps only half of one) I tried to infuse more of a relationship between guy and girl. And, when I could add some humor, I did...
 
Read more of this interview at Avalon Authors

Thursday 2 August 2012

Review of Tanglefoot by Logan Winters



Logan Winters once more comes up with the goods in this fast paced book that has greed as its central theme. Greed made legal by hastily re-written laws that it seems cannot be opposed or changed. So even though Chad and his new friend deputy Byron Starr, who has a dubious past of his own that could be his undoing, it seems that this is one new law that they can’t beat...

Read more at Western Fiction Review