Sunday, 13 June 2010

Dales Westerns - June 2010


Shoot To Kill by Ben Bridges

ISBN: 9781842627815
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 208 Pages
Published - 01-06-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 11.99

The Texas Rangers sent Carter O'Brien south of the border with orders to kill a madman. It was said that his target - a murderous bandit named Salazar - had the face of an angel and the heart of a demon. Given the choice, he'd sooner have faced Salazar in a head-on gunfight than turn back-shooter and kill him from hiding, but the only trouble with that idea lay with Salazar's eight-strong gang of cut-throats. It was common knowledge that if you took on one of them, you took on the lot - and even a professional fighting man like O'Brien had to draw the line somewhere...


The Spurlock Gun by Matt Logan

ISBN: 9781842627822
Large Print (Soft Cover) - 256 Pages
Published - 01-06-2010
Genre - Western
Price - £ 11.99

They said that Chase Donovan had been a Texan Ranger for too long, and that they weren't prepared to put up with his maverick, gun-fast ways any longer. So they took away his badge and kicked him out of the battalion, and he turned into a full-time drunk. Then a wealthy businessman offered to bankroll his very own fight against the lawless. There was only one catch - Chase had to mend his wicked ways. He agreed to give it a go - and wound up trading lead with the bully-boys of North Town, Texas, where bullets were cheap but life was even cheaper...

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Review of The Killing Trail

Western history buff Ron Scheel has reviewed The Killing Trail, my Black Horse Western scheduled for publication on June 30. Read the review here.

Monday, 7 June 2010

Bestsellers on Amazon - 7 June

1. Trail of the Burned Man by Thomas McNulty (Hardcover - 30 Nov 2009)
From £5.98

2. Wind Rider by Thomas McNulty (Hardcover - Apr 2010)
From £10.14

3. Shatterhand and the People by B.J. Holmes (Hardcover - Jan 1992)
From £4.82

4. Bob-tailed Horse by Buck Thompson (Hardcover - 13 Nov 1986)
From £10.00

5. A Quest of Heroes by Leonard F. Meares (Hardcover - 29 Mar 1996)
From £68.00

6. Arkansas Smith by Jack Martin (Hardcover - 31 Mar 2010)
From £8.93

7. Brevet Ridge by Abe Dancer (Hardcover - 28 Feb 2007)
From £0.77

8. Blood Runs Deep by Peter Taylor (Hardcover - 31 Oct 2005)
From £1.58

9. Gambler's Luck by D. Armstrong (Hardcover - Nov 1991)
From £0.51

10. Trails of Fate by Peter Taylor (Hardcover - 31 Oct 1992)
From £4.70

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

The Killing Trail


Robert Hale Ltd. informs me that The Killing Trail, my sixth Black Horse Western, will be published on June 30, 2010.

The Dylan brothers ride high in Ouray, Colorado, until they bully a drifter who leaves three of them dead in the street. Nat Dylan, the youngest, swears to hunt down the drifter, Jared Carter, and avenge his brothers. Carter’s trail leads into Arizona country where Dylan meets Wagonwheel owner Colonel Alton Jackson and hires on to kill Jared Carter. But the more he learns of Carter and Jackson, the more he finds himself on the wrong side. He meets Carmen Vasquez, who sees him as an honorable man, and he feels the mutual attraction. Still, on his honor he must call out Jared Carter, but can he survive a gunfight with the man who killed three Dylans by himself?

Would anyone like to review this book? If so, contact me.

CTW

Monday, 31 May 2010

Bestsellers on Amazon - 31 May

1. A Quest of Heroes by Leonard F. Meares (Hardcover - 29 Mar 1996)
From £68.00

2. Arkansas Smith by Jack Martin (Hardcover - 31 Mar 2010)
From £8.50

3. Brevet Ridge by Abe Dancer (Hardcover - 28 Feb 2007)
From £1.12

4. Blood Runs Deep by Peter Taylor (Hardcover - 31 Oct 2005)
From £1.67

5. Gambler's Luck by D. Armstrong (Hardcover - Nov 1991)
From £0.51

6. Trails of Fate by Peter Taylor (Hardcover - 31 Oct 1992)
From £4.80

7. Abilene by Vic Frances (Hardcover - 30 Jun 2003)
From £0.01

8. The Range Robbers by Alan Irwin (Hardcover - 30 Jul 1999)
From £0.49

9. Sons and Gunslicks by Chap O'Keefe (Hardcover - 30 Mar 2007)
From £1.33

10. Bad Day in Dirtwood by I.J. Parnham (Hardcover - 31 Oct 2003)
From £0.69

Sunday, 30 May 2010

Black Horse Westerns - May 2010


A Bullet for Ben McCabe by Peter Wilson

Gunned down and left for dead, Ben McCabe is nursed back to health only to learn that he is wanted for murder and robbery. He has no memory of his past but he sets out in search of the truth, gradually putting together the events that led to his shooting. As his memory slowly returns, he tracks down the real killers - but his problems are by no means over. Lurking in the shadows is a man who still has the bullet he has saved for Ben McCabe...


The Sunset Kid by Michael D. George

There were many bounty hunters roaming the West but Johnny Sunset was one of the most deadly...After killing two of the outlaw Bower brothers, he heads to Silver City in order to collect the reward money. Upon his arrival, though, he discovers that every cent has been stolen from the bank by Moss Carver and his gang. In order to collect his blood money Sunset must follow them to a place called Deadman's Draw. As the bounty hunter tracks down his prey he has no idea that two more of the Bower boys are trailing him with vengeance burning in their hearts. Soon the Sunset Kid will face his greatest challenge ever...


Big Trouble at Flat Rock by Elliot Long

It was with a near-broken heart and a deep hatred that Jim McKendry looked down at his father lying dead in his coffin. He could barely look at the lifeless face and the silk wrapping that covered the ghastly wound across his father's throat. Jim swore that someone would pay for his father's death and no matter what it took the killer would be brought to justice - alive or dead.


The Legacy by Logan Winters

There was nothing special about the J-Bar ranch in Colorado...except that it had thirty-five thousand acres of prime land and its previous owner had just been murdered leaving $50,000 and hidden gold. The whole territory joins the hunt for the missing fortune and violence and murder become commonplace, but it is only when three heirs arrive from the East that true chaos erupts...


Fightback by Joseph John McGraw

When Tom Harker gets shot at, there's nothing personal about it - but when he shoots back, things change...Walter Viall, the cattle king of Tate Country, is a man with a murky past and he doesn't take kindly to strangers meddling in his affairs. He has used intimidation and violence to get the law-abiding town of Laureston exactly where he wants it and he has no intention of letting anyone get in his way. He remains unchallenged...until Tom Harker leads the fightback...


Raiders of the Mission San Juan by Scott Connor

Marshal Lincoln Hawk is on the trail of the Shannon gang when he learns to his surprise that they have already been killed. He alone believes that the dead outlaws have been incorrectly identified, so he continues on the owlhoot trail...His search leads him to the Mission San Juan where he finds the gang still very much alive as they prepare to claim a stash of Mexican gold. They will stop at nothing to protect their alibi and no help is forthcoming from the peaceful mission padres. Can Lincoln hold his own when faced with an army of gun-toting raiders?


Ransom by Owen G. Irons

Banker Amos Fillmore's life is shattered by the brazen kidnapping of his pretty daughter, Anita. The kidnappers, led by the notorious gunman Earl Weathers, demand a ransom payment that can only be raised if Fillmore raids the assets of his Crater, Arizona bank. In the end, though, even that payment is not enough. Duplicity and violence rage while Anita remains hostage in a cave carved deep into the hills of the desert wilderness. Her safety is secondary to avarice, and even those tasked with upholding justice are inept and overcome with greed. It seems as though neither Anita nor her ransom will ever be recovered from the grip of the desert. That is until the territory's top gun, Laredo, steps in...

Saturday, 29 May 2010

Ballad of Delta Rose by Jack Martin

Gary Dobbs talks about his new western at Tainted Archive