Review of A Storm in Montana by Will DuRey

A Storm in Montana is Will DuRey’s fifth Black Horse Western but only the second I’ve read, the previous one being In the High Bitterroots, and like that book I found this to be an equally entertaining read...

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Review of The Comanche Fights Again

This is the second book about Broke and D.M. Harrison includes enough background in this to fill in the backstory of not just Broke but the other characters that return too, and of the relationships that they have with other, such as the now deadly animosities directed at Broke by his Comanche brothers, Black Horse and Wolf Slayer...


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Review of The Preacher's Legacy by Walter Bryant

Tom Deegan's fight for survival begins when he rescues a child from a burning stagecoach, held up by the murdering Preacher and his gang. The Preacher dies and Tom takes the loot and hides it. Years later three killers are looking for Tom, and the money. But protecting himself, and his adopted son Billy, is only made more difficult by the local rancher, whose hired guns want Tom dead. By using his fighting skills can he protect them both? And can he remain silent about the whereabouts of the cash?

Intellligent, adult western dealing with serious themes - hugely enjoyable and a great advert for the genre.

This review appeared in Books Monthly

Linford Westerns - August 2013

Sheriff Of Vengeance by Rob Hill


ISBN: 9781444816341
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 272 Pages
Published - 01-08-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

With a failing farm, and with nightmare memories of the war, Clay Butterfield and his wife Rose Alice abandon life in the East. They join a wagon train bound for California. However, when their departure is delayed, Clay finds out that a gunman is in town, intent on killing him. Instinct tells him to run, but to protect Rose Alice, and make his new life secure, he rides into town to confront the stranger who wants him dead.

Hell On Hoofs by Lance Howard


ISBN: 9781444816358
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 224 Pages
Published - 01-08-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Arriving in Lancerville, John Laramie hoped to escape his old life as a man-hunter and settle down. But there he finds he's torn between the demons of his past and hope for a brighter future when a young woman seeks his help in getting rid of a vicious outlaw. Then the Cross Gang attacks him and the young woman's life is put in danger. But will it cost Laramie more to win than to lose in a deadly showdown?

Trouble At Mesquite Flats by Will Keen

ISBN: 9781444816365
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 232 Pages
Published - 01-08-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Arriving in Mesquite Flats, ex-New York businessman Bodene Rich is committed to Yuma Penitentiary for a vicious assault. He's released, in light of new evidence, and pardoned by Warden Bradley Shaw. On the day of Rich's release, Shaw resigns, but an unknown gunman then shoots him dead on the trail. Rich is once again in trouble. And, in a showdown, he's embroiled in a bloody gun battle, where the outcome hangs in the balance until the final shot...

Six Ways Of Dying by Cody Wells


ISBN: 9781444816372
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 216 Pages
Published - 01-08-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Angelo's peculiar involvement with an old man, two brothers, their hired gunmen and a treasure map starts well, but in less time than it takes to cock a Colt, the deal goes bad. Double-crossed, Angelo sets out to track down the men responsible. But then, saddled with a cavalry officer, some raw recruits - and a beautiful girl - he meets Ulzana, the Apache renegade, and they find themselves outnumbered and exhausted. Angelo, however, is undaunted and will go down fighting...

Hell Stage To Lone Pine by Jack Dakota


ISBN: 9781444816334
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 232 Pages
Published - 01-08-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99


At Lone Pine Ranch, young Ben Brewer wants to prove himself to the owner, Morgan Hethridge, and his beautiful daughter Josie. But Hethridge's rival is scheming to take over Lone Pine Ranch. To protect the land, Brewer faces the feared gunhawk Calvin Choate. A desperate situation, until old timer Whipcrack Riley steps in. Will his wily ways and his skills driving a stagecoach be enough to help Brewer once the situation gets really rough and the bullets are flying?

Review of To Kill the Valko Kid by Michael D. George

Michael D. George is a prolific writer of westerns under his own name and a handful of pseudonyms. Most of his work under his own name are parts of series, and this is the fifth Valko book. The Sunset Kid has also appeared in a book of his own, so this one really will have follows of the authors work wondering who will come out victorious and whether either, or both, will die...


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Dales Westerns - August 2013

The Fighting Tenderfoot by William MacLeod Raine

ISBN: 9781842629390
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 352 Pages
Published - 01-08-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

Young lawyer O'Hara gets an auspicious welcome to the town of Concho - a bullet through his hat, and before he has a chance to put up a shingle, he becomes involved in a bloody war between two cattle titans, Wesley Steelman and David Ingram. It is war without quarter, and among the two gun mercenaries employed by both sides, the most notorious is eighteen-year-old Bob Quantrell. Cheerful and fearless, but a cold-blooded killer, Quantrell is loyal only to his own lightning-fast six-gun. O'Hara learns quickly that Colt and Winchester are the only law in Concho.

The Last Gun by Lauran Paine

ISBN: 9781842629406
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 208 Pages
Published - 01-08-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

Sheriff Tom Logan has to follow the order of the judge and hang Old Man Barton for murder. Barton, an old frontiersman in Winchester Junction, had shot a man he claimed was a horse thief, but the alleged thief was the son of a rich and powerful rancher and the bullet that killed him was in the back. The sheriff, the jurors and townsmen are troubled by the execution, especially when a man, highly capable with his fists and gun, appears in town determined to prove that Old Barton was innocent of the crime for which he was hanged and intends to settle the score.

Review of Dust and Bullets by Vance Tillman

As far as I can tell this is the second book to carry the author name of Vance Tillman, the first being Riders on the Wind. Tillman easily hooks the reader with many questions and includes a great twist about halfway through that took me completely by surprise and this results in Fogarty becoming involved in a second manhunt that is also linked to the Ocotillo kid.

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Black Horse Westerns - July 2013

She wore a Badge by Steve Hayes

978-0719806216

Deputy Marshal Mercer was a tough, no-nonsense badge-packer, and the tall, lean lawdog from El Paso was on the trail of three crazy convicts who'd just broken out of Huntsville Prison. When their trails finally crossed there was going to be bloodshed and gunsmoke and, for the killers, a surprise that might very well prove fatal, because Liberty Mercer was a woman. But only a fool would underestimate Liberty. She was as handy with the Colt .45 at her hip as she was with the Winchester Model '86 she carried on her saddle. With a band of reinforcements in the shape of gunfighters Gabriel Moonlight, Latigo Rawlins, mysterious blind man Don Rojo and her father, the man they called Drifter, Liberty Mercer was primed and ready for the final showdown...

Backshooter by Dale Graham

978-0719809224

Reece Willard and Dandy Sam Foley are partners running the Rolling Dice saloon in Three Forks, Montana. When they take out an extra loan for an adjoining dance hall, neither man has any idea of the can of worms it will open and the crooked bank manager has tricked them. Threatened with eviction when they cannot repay the loan the partners are forced to take the law into their own hands. But things do not turn out as planned. Reece serves time in the state penitentiary while his treacherous partner escapes justice. Will Reece get his revenge when his confrontation with the Judas reveals a shocking truth?

Blood Money by D. D. Lang

978-0719808258

What made saloonkeeper Wilbur Enright so eager to get his hands on the keys to the bank's safe, after the disappearance of the sheriff, Clint West? With Luther Parry, the assistant bank manager, and his wife, Lucy, also missing, and three dangerous-looking strangers new in town, serious trouble threatens. But one of the strangers, Dale Smith, is on the trail of the missing three, and the good people of Springfield are in for a long and tough ride if peace is to be restored...

Whiplash by Owen G. Irons

978-0719808203

Sandy Rivers was taking a well-deserved rest in the trail head town of Durant, Colorado when the dying man staggered to his saloon table. The injured man had been whiplashed half to death and then finished off with a knife in his back. He had come to warn Sandy of something but died before he could finish what he had to say. If Sandy had let that be an end to things, he would not have been pursued across the desert, shot at, charmed and lied to by a beautiful woman, then witnessed the death of his home ranch's owner, before finally meeting the killer with the whip.

Monty McCord Chuck Tyrell

978-0719808296

What made saloonkeeper Wilbur Enright so eager to get his hands on the keys to the bank's safe, after the disappearance of the sheriff, Clint West? With Luther Parry, the assistant bank manager, and his wife, Lucy, also missing, and three dangerous-looking strangers new in town, serious trouble threatens. But one of the strangers, Dale Smith, is on the trail of the missing three, and the good people of Springfield are in for a long and tough ride if peace is to be restored...

Horse Soldier's Return by Mark Bannerman

978-0719808234

Bounty hunter Horse Soldier returns from Navajo country to find his wife, Sarah, and daughter, Clementine, have been taken by killers Cal Livermore and Tod Ridelle. But the kidnappers don't want money: they want Horse Soldier, in revenge for the shooting of Laramie Pete Livermore. Horse Soldier teams up with Running Deer McVicar who is in pursuit of his father's killer but can they rescue Sarah and Clemy in time?

Review of The Devil's Work by Paul Bedford

Having really enjoyed Paul Bedford’s debut Black Horse Western, Blood on the Land, I’d been looking forward to this one and I must say it more than lives up to the excellence of the previous novel...

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Linford Westerns - July 2013

No Coward by Lee Clinton

ISBN: 9781444815962
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 336 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

When a physician hands young cowboy Olford Tate a death sentence, his dangerous state of mind results in a cold, calculated killing before witnesses. But an ageing US marshal, with a hard-nosed approach to the law, comes to his defence, and the result is an odd and unlikely partnership. What follows is a treacherous and unpredictable journey, where there is no room for cowardice - but is Marshal Henry Owens using Olford for his own purposes?

 The Sons Of Casey O'donnell by Scott Connor 

ISBN: 9781444815979
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 224 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

When the outlaw Casey O'Donnell steals $10,000 from the railroad, the townsfolk of Prospect Creek turn against his honest sons, Ryan and Alexander. Later, however, their status restored, Ryan is appointed deputy sheriff. Then Casey returns, claiming he didn't steal the money, and Ryan sets out to uncover the truth. But with the discredited railroad man Hudson Gilmore and a gun-toting US marshal on Casey's trail, the mission tests his family loyalty to the limit.

Showdown In Jeopardy by John Davage 

ISBN: 9781444815986
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 192 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Near Cutler's Pass, a derailed train is raided for its $80,000 gold shipment... Five years later in the town of Jeopardy, Clyde Pascoe is shot and killed by an unknown assassin. Sheriff Cyrus Yapp and newspaper editor Will Bullard link Pascoe's death with the Cutler's Pass train raid. They suspect that a newcomer to Jeopardy, Luke Frey, is involved in the murders suddenly occurring in the town...whilst Luke's interest lies in discovering the identity of the train's mysterious fifth raider...

The Devil's Payroll by Paul Green

ISBN: 9781444815993
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 248 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

When bounty hunter John Harrison captures fugitive outlaw Clay Barton, he's persuaded by Maggie Sloane to allow the captive to lead them to the loot robbed from an army payroll. But Barton double-crosses them and the mysterious Leo Gabriel kidnaps Maggie. With a veteran Buffalo Soldier, Sergeant Eli Johnson, at his side, Harrison battles ruthless vaqueros and a Comanche war party to recover the money, re-capture Barton and rescue Maggie...but a surprise awaits him when he finally catches up with his enemies...

Sheriff Without A Star by I.J. Parnham

ISBN: 9781444816006
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 224 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Cassidy Yates had been stripped of his Sheriff's star by the townsfolk of Monotony. Leland Matlock's son had died, due to his error of judgement. Then Leland, ready to reveal information that could have shed new light on the sheriff's downfall, was shot. Cassidy believed that Leland's shooting was connected to the death of his son. So, rising to the challenge to uncover the link, Cassidy endeavoured to get that star pinned back on his chest where it belonged.

Running Wild by Corba Sunman

ISBN: 9781444816013
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 272 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Deputy Sheriff Cole Paston suspects that Floyd Kennedy is behind the trouble that festers in Bolton County, Kansas. The son of Buck Kennedy, the biggest rancher in the county, Floyd was jailed for three years for trying to kill Cole's brother Mart. To complicate matters further, Kennedy wants to take over the Paston ranch for Floyd, who's due for release from prison. Now Cole senses that trouble, in the form of bloodshed and murder, is far from over...

Review of South to Sonora by Michael Stewart

As far as I can tell this is the first Black Horse Western to carry the author name of Michael Stewart and he presents the reader with a fast moving, action-packed tale the keeps you guessing as to the Crane Gang’s plan and whether Jericho can stop it happening...

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Dales Westerns - July 2013

Lone Hand by T.V. Olsen

ISBN: 9781842629383
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 336 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

A short novel and ten stories, all of which capture Olsen at his best, Lone Hand takes the familiar theme of the gunfighter fleeing from his past and reinvents it with startling psychological depth. Jason's Journal is a ghost story of passion and betrayal set on the Arizona frontier. And rarely has Olsen reached the level of tension that he achieves in the masterful Five Minutes. But each tale in this collection is a fine example of Western storytelling at its peak, tales so authentic you can practically smell the smoke of the campfires.
          

Dan Barry's Daughter by Max Brand

ISBN: 9781842629277
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 368 Pages
Published - 01-07-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

He's an outlaw on the run. Wanted for murder. Harry Gloster is a heartbeat ahead of the posse. But neither twisted justice nor a gallows rope can stretch across the Rio Grande. Hell-bent for Mexico, Gloster meets up with Joan Daniels and she's a dream come true. Now he's got a choice. Kiss the sweetest thing he's ever seen goodbye...or stay and risk a lynching.

Review of Night of the Gunslinger by I. J. Parnham

I’ve always enjoyed stories that take place over a short period of time, and here Ian Parnham does just that; with everything happening during one night...

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Black Horse Westerns - June 2013

A Storm in Montana by William DuRey

978-0719808548

Clancy Jarrett possesses a quick and violent temper and the citizens of Brannigan are careful not to cross him. But when his stagecoach hold-up is thwarted by three trail-herders his rage cannot be contained and with revenge on his mind soon there are bodies piling up. For the cowboys, their status as heroes is short-lived and when Jarrett learns they are escorting Kate Jeavons, a dance-hall girl whose sister he has captive, to testify against him, they are firmly in his sights. Black clouds are forming overhead, but which storm will break first: the wild prairie rain, or the deadly guns of Jarrett and his crew?

The Comanche Fights Again by D. M. Harrison  

978-0719808159  

Mitch Bayfield, or Broke as he prefers, is kidnapped and raised as a Comanche. When, many years later, he looks for his kin he finds himself unable to settle in either world and turns his back on them all. Because a young white girl who still lives with the Comanche band is is still there, he is determined to go back for her. After a bloody confrontation with the Comanche warriors, Broke and Little Bluestem are allowed to flee. But it's just a game. And they know that capture means torture and death...

Midnight Showdown by Robb Hill 

 978-0719807022  

Realizing that the Pinkertons' plan to raid Jesse James's home is ill-conceived, Agent Clem Greenwood counsels caution. When his advice is ignored, tragedy follows: innocent members of the outlaw's family are killed and maimed. Horrified at having been a part of this attack, Greenwood resigns from the Pinkerton Agency and heads home to find it is now a place where the strong bully the weak. While Clem goes to the aid of a childhood friend who is in danger, he gets word that Jesse James holds every Pinkerton equally responsible for the raid on his farm and is hell-bent on revenge. Greenwood's enemies have betrayed his whereabouts and Jesse James is coming for him...

The Scars of Iron Eyes by Rory Black

978-0719808272

Hot on the trail of wanted outlaw Jacob 'Two Fingers' McGraw, the infamous bounty hunter, Iron Eyes realizes that he is headed into the forest where he grew to manhood. He arrives in the land of his youth to find that most of the forest has been felled and there is a war going on between two rival outfits for the millions of valuable trees. And now their guns are turned on him. Stuck in the middle of a deadly battle Eyes seeks refuge in what remains of the forest. But one of the gangs mistake him for a federal agent and soon his enemies are eager to add to his scars.

The Preacher's Legacy by Walter L. Bryant

978-0719808722

Tom Deegan's fight for survival begins when he rescues a child from a burning stagecoach, held up by the murdering Preacher and his gang. The Preacher dies and Tom takes the loot and hides it. Years later three killers are looking for Tom, and the money. But protecting himself, and his adopted son Billy, is only made more difficult by the local rancher, whose hired guns want Tom dead. By using his fighting skills can he protect them both? And can he remain silent about the whereabouts of the cash?

There Comes an Evil Day by Paul Green  

978-0719808746  

Fugitive bank robber George Munro's dramatic escape from Yuma Prison was taken as a personal affront by his captor, Marshal Sean Barry. Having finally tracked his quarry down to the sleepy border town of San Tomas, Sean is disappointed to find only a grave. What is worse, the dead man's twin brother is a crusading priest determined to rid San Tomas of the ex-Confederate marauders who are now plundering the town of its wealth, led by the ruthless Colonel Silas Quinn. Can Sean help the cleric win his fight? Aided by Chiquita Sabatini, Quinn's downtrodden mistress, and the plucky Pedro Hernandez, Sean must battle against Apaches, bandits and Quinn's men to recover the money stolen from the people of San Tomas and free them from Quinn's rule.

Review of The Proclaimers by Lee Clinton

Lee Clinton turns in another of the longer books published under the Black Horse Western tag, with more words per line, and more lines per page than one normally expects from a BHW. His short chapters, around two or three pages long, are all titled and start just a few lines down from the end of the previous chapter rather than on a new page. All this means is that Lee Clinton has plenty of time to develop both characters and storyline....

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Linford Westerns - June 2013

Let The Guns Decide by Shane Archer

ISBN: 9781444815603
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 208 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Death comes to the little town of Macallister in the form of a milk-drinking, baby-faced killer who leaves bodies in the dust. Lone Lee Kirby rides into a town desperate for help, but the body count grows as Kirby is forced to face his own demons.

Hit 'em Hard! by Ben Bridges

ISBN: 9781444815610
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 240 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Arizona Territory, 1882. The Apaches are running rings around the army, raiding, robbing and killing. Captain Nathan Kelso knows they must be confronted on their own terms, hitting fast and hard. But who'd listen to a washed-up, borderline drunk? However, he receives orders to form Company C, a light, mobile unit, dedicated to bracing the Apaches wherever they find them. And after its first mission, deep in Indian country, things just get even tougher for Kelso and Company C.

Cold, Hard Cash by Jake Douglas

ISBN: 9781444815627
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 240 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

It seemed the only way to get out of Red Rock Penitentiary was to die and be shipped out as a corpse. So Dave Jarrett had taken his chance to feign his death and leave Red Rock in a coffin. But enemies, old and new, were all waiting for him to lead them to $70,000. That was when the brutal chain-gang he had left behind began to look far better than dodging bullets at every step...

When Lightning Strikes by Ethan Flagg

ISBN: 9781444815634
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 240 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Lightning Cal Gentry's reputation as a lethal gunfighter has its downsides: he faces hotheads making their play, and hardcases who want respect and fame. It's hard to remain at the top – and now Cal wants out. But when he guns down Billy Vance in the New Mexico town of Tucumcari, it prompts a manhunt, putting his loved ones in mortal danger. Only with the help of the infamous renegade Apache, Geronimo, can he hope to resolve the issue.

The Hired Ace by Clay Starmer

ISBN: 9781444815641
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 248 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Trouble is a trade for seasoned gunslinger Reno Valance. When he reaches White Falls, the place seethes and mayhem reigns. With bullets flying, Reno must act. He takes a sheriff's oath and his Remington six-gun - but is it enough? Amidst murder and carnage, evil killers kidnap Anna May, the woman he loves. Can he rescue her and restore order? For two decades he's known victory. Can he prove again that hell is in the hand of The Hired Ace?

Pay Dirt by Lee Walker

ISBN: 9781444815658
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 232 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Jim Payne, Sheriff of Cedar Springs, was only delivering his ma's letter to his estranged brother, Michael. Golden Gulch was a dangerous Californian boomtown, in the grip of the ruthless conman Coleridge Craven and his henchman, Kid Cassidy. Jim delivers the letter, but it seems Golden Gulch doesn't want him to go. He must face an old family feud, a miners’ revolt and the murderous intentions of Craven and the Kid, if he wants to leave Golden Gulch alive...

Review of Latigo by Steve Hayes

I’ve not read any of Steve Hayes books before, other than a shared authorship title written with David Whitehead, and this story makes me wish I had. Latigo seems to be a continuation of his previous book, El Diablo (not that you need to have read that before this to enjoy it), and further checking seems to point to all his westerns being linked by various characters or places...

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Dales Westerns - June 2013

Tall In The Saddle by Gordon Young

ISBN: 9781842629352
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 369 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

Ken Rocklin's trade was cattle. Rocklin arrives at the K C Ranch to become its foreman, but when he finds that the owner of the ranch has been killed and that the ranch is run by Clara Caldwell, Rocklin refuses to work for her. He does agree, however, to obtain a letter from Judge Garley proving Clara's ownership of the ranch. Rocklin arrives in Garley's office just after Garley has burned the letter. With a crooked judge, a pretty girl with a grudge, and a back-shooter on his tail, Rocklin doesn't stand a chance...or does he?

Swampland Empire by Wayne D. Overholser

ISBN: 9781842629369
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 182 Pages
Published - 01-06-2013
Genre - Western
Price - £ 15.99

Riley Rand arrives in Blue Lake Valley, announces he owns the entire area, and will be bringing a herd of cattle to take possession. But some of the residents don't take too kindly to the news... Wayne D. Overholser, winner of three Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America, weaves his usual spell of excitement and emotion in this story fast paced tale of the Wild West.

Review of Devil's Deal by Lee Walker

This is Lee Walker’s third Black Horse Western and having read the previous two I was eager to read this.


The majority of the tale takes place during one morning, and Lee Walker creates an air of menace and tension superbly ensuring the reader will find this a very difficult book to put down before the end is reached...

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Black Horse Westerns - May 2013

Dust and Bullets by Vance Tillman

978-0719807510

Dan Fogarty is falsely accused of the murder of his partner, Ben Arrowsmith. He escapes arrest and heads for cactus country to join his old Navajo friend, Ahiga. Dan suspects that the notorious outlaw, the Ocotillo Kid, is responsible for his partner's death, but when he and Ahiga set out to prove it, they find that things are not as straightforward as they imagined. Is the whole affair some kind of set up? What is the relationship between the Ocotillo Kid and local magnate Wes Baxter? The questions multiply as Dan makes himself a target to draw out the killer, but not till the final confrontation with the Octotillo Kid and his gang are they finally answered.

      
To Kill the Valko Kid by Michael D. George  

978-0719808814  

Retired marshal Clem Everett rides into Sioux City a few moments after the infamous bounty hunter Johnny Sunset arrived and it was not long before Clem discovers that the man known as the Sunset Kid is only there to claim the reward money on his old pal Valko. From an arrangement made way back, Clem knows Valko is due to appear in the city that night. The clock is ticking toward midnight and there is no way to warn his friend that the deadliest bounty hunter in the West is intent on gunning him down. Time is up for the Valko kid.

Rebel Raiders by John Dyson 

 978-0719807169  

A gang of former Confederates are robbing and killing their way across Kansas and novice lawman, Cass Clacy, is sent out after them alone. But what chance does he have of outgunning such experienced fighters? When broken-nosed brawler, Sheriff Jim Clarke, joins young Cass in the chase, his main aim is a share of the rewards and together they penetrate deep into the heart of the Indian Nations. There Cass falls under the spell of an innocent girl, Audrey, but can he save her from the clutches of the notorious and dangerous Josiah Baines, the gang's second-in-command? And can he win this battle in the face of flying fists and bullets and in time to bring back the bank's cash?

North to Montana by Colin Bainbridge  

978-0719806230  

When Buck Nation rides into Gunsight, he little knows what trouble awaits him. He has been left an abandoned ranch, but did its former owner really die in an accident? Questions mount and Nation is bushwhacked. Is Selby Rackham, the owner of the biggest spread around, the Grab All, somehow involved? Nation's quest to discover the truth takes him on long ride from Wyoming, to Montana, with an old-timer, a woman, and a dog for company. On the way, it is not only Rackham's gunslicks they have to face, but the past with its buried secrets and hidden fears.

 The Devil's Work by Paul Bedford

978-0719808739  

It is December 1880 and snow covers the town of Devil's Lake in northern Dakota Territory, where there have recently been two connected killings on the outlying homesteads. Angie Sutter, the attractive young widow of one of the murdered men arrives in town, seeking help from local marshal Rance Toller. But having jailed a particularly menacing individual who appears out of place in such a quiet town Rance is reluctant to head out into the frozen wasteland, especially as there is only an ageing deputy to stand guard. On returning to Devil's Lake, Rance and Angie find the deputy dead and the prisoner gone -

The Homesteader's Daughter by Harriet Cade  

978-0719808791  

When fifteen-year-old Maybelle Cade and her family joined one of the last wagon trains heading West in 1875, their only aim was to establish a little homestead in Nebraska. They could not have known that they were heading into the middle of a vicious range war which would see them fighting against ruthless and violent men who are determined to drive them from their 160 acres upon which they have settled. So, when a series of confrontations between her father and a local landowner lead inexorably to a bloody climax, young Maybelle faces a notorious killer alone on the Nebraska plains.