Linford Westerns - March 2010

Vermilion Springs' Vendetta by Sydney J. Bounds

ISBN: 9781444800500
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 216 Pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Bond, an ex-con and Jefferson, a professional gunfighter, travel to Vermilion Springs seeking the death of the mysterious Lafayette, thief, informer and murderer. Morgan Bailey owns the township and he hires vicious men to protect his ranch. It isn't long before Jefferson and Bond come up against Bailey - and his feisty daughter! And Jefferson's guns are rarely silent as he pursues his deadly aims. Death hovers over the range and it is destined to end in a bloody shoot-out.


Mcguire, Manhunter by Scott Connor

ISBN: 9781444800517
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 248 Pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Manhunter Jim McGuire hangs up his gun to live quietly in White Ridge. But when his young charge, Billy Jameson, is wrongly accused of murder, the only way to prevent Billy's hanging is to help corrupt Mayor Jake Nixon. He's assigned to find fugitive Barney Dale, the only witness to a murder Nixon had committed - little knowing that when he finds him, hired guns will kill them both. The manhunter becomes the hunted - can Jim defeat Nixon's guns?


War Smoke by Michael D. George

ISBN: 9781444800524
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 208 Pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

In Nevada, in the town of War Smoke, Marshal Matt Fallen is faced with a series of horrific murders. Someone brutally clubs innocent men, women and children to death with their six-shooters. War Smoke is full of strangers and it's impossible to find the culprit. But when it reaches the point that each night another body is discovered, Fallen is determined to find the murderer... At sunset Fallen vows to get his man. A showdown is brewing. Fallen is ready.


Rawhide Ransom by Tyler Hatch

ISBN: 9781444800531
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 248 Pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Cole was a good sheriff, maybe a mite too lenient at times, but when the chips were down, the town of Barberry fully appreciated his prowess with guns and fists. But they didn't know there was a tragedy in his past that would affect his actions - until a local boy was kidnapped while Cole was supposed to be guarding him. And the only one who could deliver the ransom was Cole himself.


Hired Gun by Arthur Lynn

ISBN: 9781444800548
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 256 Pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

They wait: six riders, rainwater streaming from their hat brims, their Saltillo blankets shielding their ready carbines, the Spur Barb riders are out to kill Dan Bryce, the gun-heavy stranger, hired by the Muleshoe outfit. Bryce will soon be lying dead in the mud, they figure. Bryce's loyalty has been bought, but there's also something there from his past and he has a personal score to settle of his own... The Spur Barb-Muleshoe war will explode into deadly violence.


The Captive by E.C. Tubb

ISBN: 9781444800555
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 232 Pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 8.99

Don Thorpe, a desert-wise Westerner, is asked by General Colman to undertake a mission for the Union forces to find the train laden with Californian gold which would buy arms for the beleaguered South. Don accepts the dangerous mission and on the way to Fort Gorman rescues a beautiful girl and her fiance from an Indian attack. But then he's captured. How will he escape and betray the South and yet retain the affections of a Southern girl?

The Guns of Ponderosa - Part 8

Article about Chuck Tyrell's latest BHW :

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.

Jack Martin weekend

Details of a chance to pose questions to the author here.

Bestsellers on Amazon - 15 March

Current bestsellers this week while only including 2010 books.

1. Rangeland Justice by Rob Hill (Hardcover - 1 Sep 2010)

2. Sharpshooter McClure by I.J. Parnham (Hardcover - 31 Jan 2010)

3. Faith and a Fast Gun by Chap O'Keefe (Hardcover - 31 Jan 2010)

4. Arkansas Smith by Jack Martin (Hardcover - 31 Mar 2010)

5. Between the Winds by M.M. Rowan (Hardcover - 30 April 2010)

6. Big Trouble at Flat Rock by Elliot Long (Hardcover - 30 May 2010)

7. Border Fury by Corba Sunman (Hardcover - 31 Jan 2010)

8. Brazos Fugitive by Tyler Hatch (Hardcover - 31 Mar 2010)

9. The Broken Horseshoe by Billy Hall (Hardcover - 1 Sep 2010)

10. A Bullet for Ben McCabe by Peter Wilson (Hardcover - 30 May 2010)

Dales Westerns - March 2010

The Man From Cheyenne Wells by Floyd Rogers

ISBN: 9781842626986
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 224 Pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Price - £ 11.99

When 60,000 dollars are taken from the bank at Cheyenne Wells, two of the raiders are killed, and the third, Vance Brady, serves a prison sentence. However, the money was never recovered. On release from jail, Brady decides to go straight and to help the widows of the two dead men by sharing the money from Cheyenne Wells. During his search for the two women he finds a place to settle down but soon runs foul of a bounty hunter and men with designs on the money. Can Brady overcome his difficulties in going straight?


Comanche Country by Greg Mitchell

ISBN: 9781842627570
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 228 pages
Published - 01-03-2010
Price - £ 11.99

Joe Kelly has bought a half share in Travis Neal's ranch in an area reputed to be Comanche territory. While searching for his missing partner, Kelly encounters a Comanche war party, three former Confederate soldiers fleeing a killing in Mexico, the Mayne family and a renegade gang. The arrival of a self-promoting US marshal adds to their problems. Kelly and the Maynes must face hostile Indians, white murderers and a fanatical lawman before they can reclaim their respective ranches, and then another problem arises. Suddenly there is the danger that friends will fall out, and more lead will fly before the situation is resolved.

The Guns of Ponderosa - Part VI

Article about Chuck Tyrell's latest BHW : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.

Bestsellers on Amazon.com - 8 March

The US Amazon site this week:

1.Red River Bullets by Robert E. Trevathan (Feb. 28, 1990)
Used from $75.38

2. Bowie of the Alamo by John S. Glasby (Dec. 31, 2002)
From $6.14

3. Misfit Lil Robs the Bank by Chap O'Keefe (Feb. 1, 2010)
From $17.00

4. Wind Rider by Thomas McNulty (July 1, 2010)
From $15.61

5. The Staked Plains by Billy Moore (Jan. 1, 2010)
From $17.00

6. The Spurs of Palomino by Michael D. George (Oct. 31, 2001)
From $69.45

7. Dead Man's Range by Paul Durst (Sept. 1, 2009)
From $17.94

8. The Saddlegun Man by Ray Kelley (Nov. 1991)
From $82.87

9. Comanche Country by Greg Mitchell (Apr. 30, 2009)
From $16.93

10. The $300 Man by Ross Morton (May 29, 2009)
From $18.94

Review of The Judas Metal by Gillian F. Taylor

Review at Western Fiction Review

The Guns of Ponderosa - Part V

Article about Chuck Tyrell's latest BHW : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Extract of Arkansas Smith by Jack Martin

Extract at The Tainted Archive

Bestsellers on Amazon - 1 March

1. Gun Law by Lee Walker (Hardcover - 31 Dec 2009)
From £10.27

2. Blast to Oblivion by Chap O'Keefe (Hardcover - 27 Feb 2009)
From £6.77

3. Dead Man's Hand by John Dyson (Hardcover - Sep 2006)
From £1.72

4. Blood on the Sky by Elliot Long (Hardcover - 29 Aug 2008)
From £0.01

5. Trail of the Burned Man by Thomas McNulty (Hardcover - 30 Nov 2009)
From £7.60

6. The Greenhorn by Elliot Conway (Hardcover - 28 Mar 1991)
From £4.17

7. Gunfire at Antelope Wells by Doc Adams (Hardcover - 29 Oct 1999)
From £0.01

8. Packing Iron by Steve Hayes (Hardcover - 31 Aug 2009)
From £7.60

9. A Coffin for Santa Rosa by Steve Hayes (Hardcover - 30 Oct 2009)
From £7.28

10. The Rebel and the Heiress by Chap O'Keefe (Hardcover - 31 Mar 2005)
From £3.95

Happy Blogday

The Black Horse Express Blog started on 1 March 2009. So that makes us 1 year old!

When I started off in trying to provide a gateway for readers to explore all things Black Horse, I was unsure if a blog was the right vehicle. I didn't know if there would be enough new material out there to link to, but as it's turned out I needed have worried. New blogs are starting up all the time with fresh material and so in the last year there have been around 300 entries.

With over five thousand visits in the year, that means the blog is visited on average a hundred times a week, which I think is enough to mean it's worth keeping it going.