Bill Pronzini
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"Nothing much happens in Peaceful Valley, Montana. And that's just how Sheriff Lucas Monk likes it. Aside from the occasional drunken brawl or minor disturbance out on the reservation, he hasn't had to resort to his fists or sidearm in years. That is, until mid-October, 1914, when the theft of a wooden cigar store Indian sets off a crime wave like nothing Lucas has ever seen. Teenager Charity Axthelm goes missing, Reba Purvis's housekeeper is poisoned...
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Corporal Zachary McQuestion of the North West Mounted Police finds, at Molly Malone's roadhouse, an emptiness that can only mean death. His desire for vengeance takes him on a hunt through the wilderness and down to San Francisco's Barbary Coast, where the killer's trail leads him into his own tragic past.
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"Former U.S. Secret Service Agent John Frederick Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter, the widow of a Pinkerton detective, have joined forces to form the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. Quincannon would like for them to join forces in other ways as well, but his partner valiantly resists. Their adventures take them all over the American West in the 1890s, into some highly specialized areas rendered with absolute authenticity...
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2017
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"Fifteen short stories of the West with a variety of characters from the familiar figures of lawmen and gunfighters to some seldom featured characters such as a traveling apothecary, a coffin trimmer, and a prison warden with some unexpected twists"-- Provided by publisher.
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Ruel Starrett, from the Red River region of Texas, purchases a half interest in the great Spade Ranch from Susana Dahlhart. This will give him a chance to carry forth his experiment to cross Brahma bulls with longhorn range cattle. But there is the problem of Zack Markley, the Spade foreman, who Ruel Starrett wants to fire, but who claims ownership of the Mission Creek section of the ranch and who will fight for possession of it.
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"Two short western novels: 'Trouble at Temescal' tells the story of two entrepreneurial mustangers in Los Angeles after the Mexican-American War and 'King of the Defiances' involves a greedy rancher in Arizona who is trying to make a fortune in logging through devious means and the man determined to stop him" --Provided by publisher.
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"This collection contains many of Giff Cheshire's best stories, all bearing the distinctive stamp of authentic and colorfully portrayed background, vivid characters, and gripping drama. "The Bad Year" and "Man Breaker" are moving tales of the hardships faced by small back-country ranchers. "The Road to Jericho" is a variation on the theme of a wagon train plagued by Indians, and "Stagecoach Pass" is an elemental account of a driver's struggles to...
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"Brand of the Bear Flag Mutineers" chronicles a bitter and bloody confrontation between U.S. soldiers and Secessionist troops in California's rugged San Bernardino Mountains during the Civil War. In "The Dark Border," a pair of adventurous cowmen wins a hardscrabble ranch in a dice game in the south Texas badlands. Their subsequent involvement with a man involved in the illegal running of cattle across the Mexican border leads to hard lessons learned...