Black Horse Western
28 total works
Cole McCabe was a man with a price on his head. But Chief Detective Frank Holbrooke gave him a chance to redeem himself by ridding the western trails of the robbers preying on Wells Fargo coaches.
Chuck Manning was working as a Texas Ranger when he learned that his uncle had died in Clearwater County , leaving Chuck to look after his ranch. When he got there, Chuck found that someone was prepared to use any means to fo rce out the small ranchers. '
Ranch foreman, Lew Harlin was dismayed when his boss ordered him to curtail the activities of his son. But Harlin soon discovered this was no simple chore, as he came up against the callous men who were planning to take over the range.'
Chet Hallam stayed in Texas when his family moved to Kansas. Five years passed before he paid them a visit and, when he reached Spruce Bend, bad news awaited him. His father, the county sheriff, had left town one morning and never returned. Chet set out to find him, but local trouble intervened, took up his attention and his time. Resolute, he faced flying lead, fought back with no regard for his own life, and slowly gained the initiative from a criminal element. Arnie, his stepbrother, was an enigma, and Maisie, a saloon girl, whom Chet had known in Texas, added to his problems, until a gun showdown blasted away the opposition and he went on to discover the truth about his missing father…
Texas Ranger Mike Hart rode grimly on the trail of the notorious outlaw Gimp Alder, with orders to take him dead or alive. Alder was heading back to Mexico and Hart was determined to stop him. The trail was long and arduous for Hart - until he reached Blackthorn County. There he caught up with Alder and took him alive, thinking his troubles were over. Little did Hart suspect they were only just beginning. There was trouble brewing in the county and it fell to him to deal out the law with his usual vigour. With murder stalking the county and greedy men determined to have their way, Hart would have to go all out to stop them.
Deputy Sheriff Wes Monroe's job was tough, for the sheriff was off sick and a thief was robbing businesses in town. To make matters worse, Jack Thompson, an ex-deputy, was coming back. Thompson had seen sweet on Sue Walton, now Monroe's girl, and it was rumoured he had been offered the sheriff's job ahead of Monroe, who was expecting promotion. When Thompson showed up all hell broke loose, for he was working with the Hanna gang, who planned to rob the bank. With all the odds against him, could Monroe win through or even stay alive? He was destined to face a deadly showdown.
When gunslinger Clint Halloran rides into Plainsville to help out his old pal Jeff Deacon, he expects to put a speedy end to Deacon's troubles...but things don't quite work out that way. Halloran finds Deacon on the point of being lynched so he fires a shot which plunges him headfirst into his friend's feud. Now Halloran has a fight on his hands and his woes are complicated further by the crooked deputy sheriff Dan Ramsey - a man with his own axe to grind. Halloran refuses to give up the fight and vows to keep his gun by his side. Now crisis follows crisis...until the final shot is fired.
Captain Slade Moran, US Army investigator, is hunting the killer of an officer when he rides into Grey Ridge, having lost the trail of the fugitive. Fresh orders await him at the nearby army post, and he is plunged immediately into big trouble. Seven troopers have recently deserted from the fort - an unprecedented number, and none of them have been caught. Also a young officer has been court-martialled for stealing and drummed out of the army. After examining the two cases, Moran is up against unscrupulous men, vicious killers and a rogue officer. He'll have to lay his life on the line before he can restore justice.
Kell Bannon went into the Big Bend country of Texas with a law star in his pocket and a gun in his holster to set up the Parfitt outlaw gang for capture. He knew the outlaws would never surrender and was prepared for a shoot-out. But there was more than just a gang operating around Clarkville, for Sheriff Bixby was crooked. Colonel Maddock ran his sabre outfit like a military establishment, but his ranch foreman, Al Piercey was too aggressive for his own good. And then there was Max Jex, who bossed the local rustling business! It was a tough chore for Bannon but he went into it with his eyes open, aware that only his deadly gun and quick shooting could bring about a satisfactory result.
Travis Logan - a Texas Ranger - is heading for Alder Creek when big trouble comes over a ridge, in the shape of a woman being chased by two killers. The woman is fortunate to run into him, he is probably the only man in the county who can, and would, help her. Pledged to fight lawlessness and help those who need it, Logan goes into action, and is engulfed by the trouble he searches out. The odds are greatly stacked against him, and when hot lead starts flying, they won't improve until Logan untangles a web of deceit, and stamps his particular brand of law and order on the greedy, callous men who stand against him with flaming guns ....
Cleef Morgan was a Pinkerton detective at the top of his grim career so it came as no surprise when he was sent after Scrag Hanton, the killer and bank robber. Hanton died resisting arrest and so Morgan had succeeded again. But that was only the beginning for then the call from Turkey Creek came and Morgan was faced with a mystery that had baffled the local lawmen. But, to Morgan, it was just another job so he set about unravelling the track of deceit. His search for guilty men found plenty and there was no lack of hard men trying to thwart his quest. Morgan's life lay in the balance but he would never quit until he had pursued the twisted trail to the truth and brought justice with gun or hang-rope.
Troy Clayton's father had been dry-gulched, so he returned to Bender County after seven years away as a gunslinger. The odds were against Troy, but he was determined to win of die against those who were against him. However, nothing could prepare him for the shocking surprise that lay in store.
The cowtown of Concho was rife with lawlessness before Deputy Sheriff Cleve Stafford showed up. Cleve vowed he would succeed in his mission even if flaming guns and hard action were all he could expect.
Pinkerton detective Ward Loman rode into Coldwater, Texas to hunt down the killer Leo Slattery. His orders were to take Leo in dead or alive. But there was trouble on the local range involving Leo's family, headed by Hub Slattery, owner of the HS ranch. As the situation rapidly worsens, Loman comes to the rescue of Kate Hesp, and is plunged into a deadly sequence of events with its origins in the war between North and South. A gold shipment had disappeared in the last weeks of the war and this was a mystery that would not go away. Just as Loman expected, gunsmoke and death would be the outcome.