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• A Dangerous Business

  Smiley, Jane,

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  Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Woman Who Killed Marvin Hammel

  Crigger, C. K.,

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  Shay Billings and January Schutt have been married four months when he's summoned by the local bank president to a meeting. With the final payment due on his land, Shay rides to town, then is murdered on the way home. Devastated by Shay's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slaughter at Wolf Creek

  Johnstone, William W.,

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  There's a new stranger in town, and he goes by the name of Lucas Blaine. Some folks say he's the fastest gun in the West. But Ben Savage don't put much stock in what folks say--until the killing starts. So far, Blaine has his sights set on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wintering Place

  a Novel

  McCarthy, Kevin, 1968-

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  In the Dakota Territory in 1867, the O'Driscoll brothers, soldiers who have deserted the Indian Wars after surviving a Sioux massacre, seek refuge off of Bozeman Trail with the women they love where, while the world seeks its way to them,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fort Misery

  a Fort Misery Western

  Johnstone, William W.,

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  Holding down the hated Fort Misery deep in Arizona Territory, Captain Peter Joseph Kellerman and the men under his command stand their ground against the most wanted outlaw on both sides of the border who has raised an army to slaughter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stalking the Dragon

  Clay, James,

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  Gunfire, murder, and hate ravage the dusty Texas town of Grayson. The violence is triggered by an upcoming boxing match. Mack Wong, a young Asian boxer, is challenging Bruiser Bill Connors, a powerful but aging fighter. Mack is the son of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Side of Hell

  Cogburn, Brett,

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  Card player extraordinaire Poker Alice, betting everything she has, teams up Newt “Widowmaker” Jones on a treasure hunt in the California desert where the winner takes all and the losers die.

• A Thousand Texas Longhorns

  Boggs, Johnny D.,

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  An entrepreneur and miner, Nelson Story, after the Civil War is over, is determined – and crazy enough – to lead a herd of Texas longhorns to the north to make a fortune despite many challenges and obstacles that stand in his way.

• Drive for Independence

  a Ralph Compton Western

  Brandt, Lyle, 1951-

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  Starting a new career as a drover, former bounty hunter Art Catlin must lead the herd from Sante Fe to Independence, Missouri, and, along the way, encounters countless threats, from environmental to personal.

• Dead Men Don't Lie

  Cain, Jackson,

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  With a $25,000 bounty on his head, Tom Slater knows he should lay low but instead comes to the rescue of a beautiful widow whose son has become a victim of a power-mad femme fatale called "La Senorita.".

• The Ballad of Black Bart

  Estleman, Loren D.,

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  The four-time Shamus Award-winning author of Cape Hell depicts the suspenseful Old West rivalry between a legendary Wells Fargo chief of detectives and a notorious stagecoach robber who between heists poses as an upper-class San Francisco…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• El Paso

  a Novel

  Groom, Winston, 1944-2020,

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  After feared outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa kidnaps his grandchildren, railroad tycoon John Shaughnessy, known as the Colonel, ventures to El Paso with his adopted son and a band of hired cowboys on a rescue mission.

• The Winter Family

  Jackman, Clifford,

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  Follows the adventures of a group of outlaws from their formation during the American Civil War to 1900.

• Pray for Death

  Johnstone, William W.,

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  When a small-time cattle rustler on Choctaw land turns his illegal whiskey brewery into a robber's roost for outlaws, U.S. Deputy Marshal Tanner shows up to help local lawman Jim Little Eagle bring the murdering devils to their knees.

• Whiskey When We're Dry

  Larison, John,

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  Facing starvation and worse when she is orphaned on her family's 1885 homestead, a 17-year-old sharpshooter cuts off her hair and disguises herself as a boy to journey across the mountains in search of her outlaw brother.

• Outlawed

  a Novel

  North, Anna,

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  A riveting adventure story features a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West.

• Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective

  O'Hara, Max,

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  Scotsman Wolf Stockburn, a legendary gunfighter and Wells Fargo detective, rides the rails from coast to coast to make sure the train and its passengers do not meet a fate worse than death at the hands of a well-oiled team of cutthroat…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rage for Vengeance

  Richards, Dusty,

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  While spearheading a stage line from Gallup to the Colorado River, U.S. Marshal Chet Byrnes becomes the target of a mysterious Texas gambler who does not like Chet’s idea of progress and wants to bury him under a storm of bullets.

• Hot Lead, Cold Justice

  Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006,

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  After a bullet meant for him takes the life of an innocent deputy, Sheriff Caleb York, as winter weather bears down, is forced to play a chilling game of cat-and-mouse with a man determined to eliminate the law.

• Reunion in Hell

  a Ralph Compton Western

  Stowers, Carlton,

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  A farmer is pulled into the world of outlaws when his estranged brother turns up dead in this new Ralph Compton Western.