Linford Western
18 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. '
Texas Ranger Mike Hart rode back to Amarillo after a successful case in which he captured Buck Radd, the notorious bank robber. But his euphoria vanished when he reported to Captain Buckbee and learned that Radd had already been busted out of the jail where he was awaiting trial, and was again robbing banks and committing murder. Riding back to the area where Radd had been operating, Hart quickly found himself on a long trail that was beset by ambush and cold-blooded killing. Nevertheless he went forward with his natural courage pushed to its limit, fighting for truth and the accomplishment of his duty. Even so his exceptional talents were hard pressed right to the last shot...
Deputy Marshal Jed Law rode into Buffalo Creek with only the minimum of orders. Rustler trouble had flared up between two ranchers and a man had been killed. It was a simple chore and Law did not expect too much trouble. But from the start - when he first set eyes on Julie Rutherford and her father Ben - it all went wrong. Knee-deep in hard cases determined to wipe him out, Law had to shoot his way through the opposition before he could even get to work on his case. And with worse to come, he'd need to keep his pistol loaded and use it freely until the last desperate shot.
Travis Jordan had dedicated himself to the dangerous chore of bounty hunting. He had his reasons for selecting the hazardous trail and turning his back on a normal life. Then someone appeared from his past with a desperate plea for help. Family duty reached for him across distance and time and he discovered that he could not ignore it. He returned to his home range, riding back through time as he retraced his steps, and when he drew his deadly pistol he was unable to holster it until after the last shot in a bitter clean-up had been fired. It was a kill-or-be-killed situation and he went in fast and furious, resolute in his determination to win through.
Chet Walker returned to Kansas when his brother Burt faced trouble at the Flying W. Five years in Montana had enabled Chet to accept that Burt had won the girl they both loved but he was not prepared for the big trouble that awaited him.He had hardly set foot on home range when guns began to roar, and he was the prime target. Incident piled upon incident until it seemed that every man's hand was against him, and all he could do was fight back without reservation. Somehow he would survive the mayhem to confront the crooked men behind the plot to take over the range.
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.
Taw Landry thought his troubles were over when he emerged from prison after five years of hard labour for a robbery he did not commit, but when he reached home range he found they were only just beginning. He was determined to find the unknown man who had stolen twenty thousand dollars from the stage office in Cottonwood but had no idea where to start looking. However he need not have worried. Events moved fast. Murder was committed, rustling was rife, and Taw was in the thick of it from the outset, trying to unravel the mystery that had started five years before.Guns blazed, gun smoke drifted and he began to think he could not survive to the final showdown.
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.
Indian Territory, popularly called Hell's Courtyard, was where bad men fled to escape the law. Buck Rogan, a deputy marshal hunting the killer Jed Calder, found the trail leading straight into Hell's Courtyard and went after his man, fighting against long odds, finding every man's hand against him.Calder was murdering at every twist in the trail, and if that was not enough, Rogan had the second part of his mission to handle - to locate the hideout of Jake Yaris, an outlaw running most of the lawlessness directed at Kansas and Arkansas.Rogan faced everything with single-minded determination. His gun was continually in his capable hand, and he fought the bad men to the last desperate shot...
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.
From Mexico, Raven heard of Beths enquiries, so he travelled to Texas to stop her. He had spent year searching for Stig Ivey before he tired of that life. Now he was back and Stig was soon to be back as well. Now with all his prowess with a gun Raven must face killers, lawmen and rustlers, but above all the outlaws that killed his kin.
Reed Bannerman was to take a job as deputy to the town marshal of Greasewood. Gold had been discovered in the nearby hills and its frightening influence affected everyone in town. The explosive mix of gold and jealousy was destined to give Bannerman the fight of his life.