It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Ophis, California, is plagued by series of vicious robberies, extortion schemes, and murders, and with no sheriff in town to keep the peace, things can only get worse, until the Trailsman arrives to face down the outlaws.
When Sheriff Blue Smith finds a bullet-ridden body near his fishing hole, he attempts to protect his loved ones while rooting out a killer who knows all his vulnerabilities--an enemy Smith once considered family.
Paul Ibell's Theatreland combines historical narrative with a unique exploration of how London's theatre works today. Provides synopses for over 1, titles of current popular fiction and recommends other books by such criteria as authors, characters portrayed, time period, geographical setting, or genre. Tom Navarro, a hostler at the Bar-V Ranch, has retired his gun-slinging boots to find peace of mind. As much as he enjoys working for Paul Vannorsdell, owner and operator of Bar-V, Navarro has plans of moving up north with the woman he loves to open his own ranch and create a new life for himself.
Vannorsdell, too, has big dreams: he wants to buy the Rancho de Cava from an old friend, Don Francisco, so he can become one of the largest landholders in Southern Arizona. Everything seems to be going according to plan until Don Francisco is found dead by Bullet Creek.
His sons and the rest of the Rancho de Cava ranchers suspect Vannorsdell. Another set of brothers might prove to be the bigger liability—his own sons. Doc needs sizeable herds from each, but Miles and Jared Blaine have been feuding for years over the same woman—even after Miles married her. But the Apaches are the least of his concerns once word of the money reaches the ears of every desperado in the Southwest.
Two men brave the unforgiving frontier in this western in Ralph Compton's Sundown Riders series. But en route, a Cheyenne band slaughters his parents and abducts his sister, leaving him for dead. Then a cowboy named Clay Springer rides to the rescue—and comes up with an idea.
With a three-wagon, seven-man team, Parker and Clay will traverse the barren land to find a secret mountain pass that will save them three hundred miles on their journey. Skip to content. Hard Ride to Wichita. Hard Ride to Wichita Book Review:. Ralph Compton Hard Ride to Wichita. Ralph Compton Train to Durango. Sixguns and Double Eagles. Sixguns and Double Eagles Book Review:. The Killing Season. The Killing Season Book Review:.
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Standing in their way was a parched desert, a land of outlaws and enemies - and one man's dangerous past. To win his freedom, a man must save a wayward woman in this Ralph Compton western. But he just might have one chance at freedom. Estelle Stark has joined a doomsday cult led by the charismatic prophet known as the Chosen One—and she refuses to go home. To find her, Buck must elude a band of Apaches on the warpath before descending into the lair of a possible madman.
Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his—no strings attached. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have the banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But the Apaches are the least of his concerns once word of the money reaches the ears of every desperado in the Southwest. Tam Elliot founded Eden Creek to be a utopia of peace and prosperity.
The town achieved neither, and in despair Elliot took his own life. His daughter Allison rechristened the town Suicide, blaming its folks for its failure. From her hillside house, she collects property dues from the lost souls unfortunate enough to still reside there—and punishes anyone attempting to leave. Two men on opposite sides of the Civil War make their new home on an even more dangerous battleground in this Ralph Compton western After the surrender of the Confederacy—and the death of his wife—Jed Adams stikes out for the west to find a new home and to build a new life for himself and his sons.
Tom Waldron fought to keep the Union intact—and now believes the unsettled land of the West can be cultivated into good fortune for his family.
The former soldiers—and enemies—have decided to call the fertile valley of the Guadalupe Mountains their home, on an adjoining piece of land where Jed and Tom each plan to build a cattle ranch.
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