Black Horse Western
23 total works
After their uncle is murdered, Grant and Lonnie Cunningham travel to the small town of Salt Creek, Arizona, to take over his farm. Although most of the townspeople are friendly, Lonnie and Grant quickly fall foul of Vincent McGrath, the spoilt and wild son of a local rancher, whose father wants the farm and its water. What with the McGraths on one hand and some violent rustlers on the other, Grant and Lonnie are soon in danger from all sides. It begins to look as if they'll not only lose the farm but also might suffer the same fate as their uncle. However, it wasn't all over yet...
Zachary Cobb and his companion Neil Travis agree to accompany Mr Bellington''s nephew on a hunting trip. Cobb is reluctant. He is a private detective, not a nursemaid. The trip goes from bad to worse when the nephew is kidnapped and held for ransom.'
When Zachary Cobb and Neil Travis are hired by Angela Swanson to find her brother Keith, they soon find themselves embroiled in a 16-year old mystery. Keith had bee n searching for Confederate gold lost during the Civil War. Can he still be alive? '
When Gordon Dugdale is murdered, his father, the wealthy owner of the Broken Spur ranch in Arizona, threatens to take the law into his own hands. Now it is up to Jeremiah Meade of the Governor's office to find the real killer before there is a lynching. Someone is out to get the Dugdale family - but who and why? And can Meade discover who is responsible before the plot for revenge succeeds and all the Dugdales are dead?
Thora Dowling is on her way to join her fiance, Marshal Ralph Kirkpatrick, in Felicidad. Whilst waiting for the stagecoach, she witnesses the murder of three men and is rescued by the arrival of Elias Pitt, a gambler also heading for the town. Kirkpatrick identifies the killer as Old Man Hennessey, leader of the feared Hennessey family. Together with Pitt, he arrests the man and holds him for trial. But will Hennessey remain in jail for long with his family determined to rescue him whatever the cost? Danger faces Kirkpatrick, Pitt and Thora every step towards the final, bloody showdown. Can justice be done?
US Marshal Jubal Judd receives a request for help from Judge Geddings. The judge has seen a man called Rufus Wilton whom, fourteen years previously, Geddings sentenced to hang for murder. But before the sentence could be carried out, Wilton escaped, and he has now assumed the guise of a respected citizen. But by the time Judd reaches Ashby he is too late. The judge has been shot and killed. And he left no clue as to who Wilton is posing as. It is up to Judd to find and stop Wilton before he kills again. But he soon realises he must face one of the most dangerous men around. Jubal will need more than luck if he is to get his man!
When bounty hunter Gustavus Greeley rides into Elk Horn, he learns that Marshal Detmeyer has failed to return from investigating a shooting at the nearby Baker farm. Going out to the farm, Greeley finds Mr and Mrs Baker and their son dead, Detmeyer badly wounded, and their two daughters missing. Arrows have been used, making it look like an Indian attack, and the girls are presumed to have been taken captive by Apaches. But are the Apaches really responsible? Or are brothers David and Will Preston, newcomers to Elk Horn looking for land to take up ranching, somehow involved?
Lester, a determined bounty hunter, finally captures a man wanted in connection with several stagecoach robberies in Arizona. Disgusted to find that the robber is a lso wanted by the U.S. army, danger is suddenly facing Leste r on all sides. '
Gustavus Greeley is a bounty hunter, not a private detective. Nevertheless, he reluctantly accepts an assignment to travel to Elk Horn and discover whether or not Robin Warner, the town's ex-sheriff, is guilty of being a member of the gang of stagecoach robbers plaguing the area. On the way he sees for himself the way the gang operate when the stagecoach he is on is held up and he and the other passengers are robbed and threatened. Is the new sheriff, Casey Smart, who defeated Warner in the last elections, involved? He certainly objects to Greeley's presence. And what about the investment scheme to bring a spur line of the railroad to town? Does that have anything to do with what is going on? Greeley must use his wits and his guns to find out the truth and bring those responsible to justice.
Whilst on its way to Fort Wilson, the stagecoach was ambushed and the army payroll stolen. Now it's down to United States Marshal Jubal Judd to investigate and bring the robbers to justice. It looks like a straightforward assignment...
After Darren Norton shoots Arthur Hamlin dead during a card game, he goes on the run, leaving behind his girlfriend, Sal the Gal. A reward is put up for his capture and bounty hunter Gustavus Greeley is soon on his trail. He catches Norton in the hills and intends to take him back to Serenity by stagecoach to stand trial. But there are several other passengers on the stage and the guard is new to the route. Greeley soon begins to wonder if one of them plans to help his prisoner escape. He faces a hard and dangerous journey, with death along the way, before he can bring Norton to justice.