A Black Horse Western
6 total works
When 'Dangerous' Dan Tucker is asked to go to Deming, he looks on it as another routine case he doesn't want to do. He's forced to go there by Harvey Whitehill, US Marshall of Grant County, to help clean out a few bad men who have taken over the town for their own ends. His visit to the town is prompted by one need: money. He will do the job and retire from a life in which he knows he will end up dead. His suspicions about the town are confirmed when the murders begin. Who is the man known as Wishart who does what he wants and avoids Tucker as much as he can? Why is he being threatened at every turn by forces he doesn't understand? Forced into a corner, Tucker does what he does best and comes out fighting. It's do-or-die time, and he isn't the one who is going to die.
Hawk had Indian forebears, but lived the life of a peaceful rancher. Until, that is, the bandits came. With his wife dead and his son gone, kidnapped and beyond finding, Hawk returns to the ways of his people. He goes hunting, only this time he is hunting for the hardest game of all - the evil men who have committed the attack. Along with the men who have worked for him for most of his life, Hawk finds out that a member of his wife's family has conspired against him, but who is the mysterious girl with his son? What is the connection between the kidnappers and the bandits? As Hawk digs deeper he becomes the unwilling leader of men who need to track down the bandits who have devastated their once-peaceful community. A seemingly idealistic leader has taken hostage many people for his own evil purposes and Hawk must find out why.
When Walter Watters - aka 'Wattie' - finds out that the hiding place of gold from a major robbery is known to another, he's instantly on the trail. As the sheriff of a small town, he knows that he has to uphold the law. But the two million dollars in solid gold is a tempting sum. Soon he has to go into an area known as The Wilderness, riding through the monsoon with his companions to where their prize awaits. But can he trust them? Worse than that, he is being tracked by a ruthless ex-convict called Kurzwell, who was one of the original robbers. Now it is a race against time by both groups of men. Only one group can win the prize, but only one has a ruthless killer at their helm. With time and weather against them, Wattie and his companions face death far from home in a desperate struggle against man and nature.
John Carter is on top of the world as the sheriff in Destiny, one of the most law-abiding towns in the south-western states. But almost from the arrival of Rebecca Seymour, the attractive, temperamental Pinkerton agent, he is in trouble. Now he's a target for unknown assailants who want him injured - or dead - and they're not too fussy about their methods. Fleeing for his life, Carter goes from the jaws of danger into the maw of even more peril when he ends up in the clutches of the Sullivan clan who have many reasons to hate him. Reunited with Rebecca, and with the support of a rookie deputy, Carter is finally cornered and knows that he has to come out fighting, or everything he has fought for will be lost in a welter of corruption, destruction and murder.
While Sheriff Flint is out of town, bandits strike. Only they have came at the wrong time and do not get the haul they expected, leaving behind a trail of destruction. They not only destroy property, but injure three people badly enough to alter the course of their lives. When Flint comes back from his trip to another town, he is faced with a deadly situation. When a beautiful woman and her elderly father get involved, Flint thinks at first that they are a liability, especially when he discovers that he has to lead a posse to the dangerous borderlands between Greenville and Mexico. Added to this, his brave deputy gets embroiled in a fight to save a gold consignment that is on its way to town. Flint soon finds that his hands are more than full.
When the going gets tough the men who are being hunted turn into the hunters. A young man is
suspected of a crime that he denies, but he has a secret that can’t be revealed. He has nothing to
do with those who want to kill, but young Wheeler has a secret that will turn not just his world
upside down if it is revealed but that of other people. One of them is Betsy, young daughter of the
Brand household, keeping a simple guest house catering for cowboys and travellers in the territory
of Wyoming.
When the going gets tough the men who are being hunted turn into the hunters. A young man is suspected of a crime that he denies, but he has a secret that can’t be revealed. He has nothing to do with those who want to kill, but young Wheeler has a secret that will turn not just his world upside down if it is revealed but that of other people. One of them is Betsy, young daughter of the Brand household, keeping a simple guest house catering for cowboys and travellers in the territory
of Wyoming. Will James, the hard man of the district who has been away making his fortune, returns to find that his younger brother has been killed under mysterious circumstances – and he is prepared to kill anyone who has harmed the last remaining member of his family. When Wheeler is accused of a terrible crime, Will can help. However, when a person goes on the run, hard questions are asked about the man who helps the fugitive. Deception piles on deception in a story where no-one can really be trusted… even the hero.
suspected of a crime that he denies, but he has a secret that can’t be revealed. He has nothing to
do with those who want to kill, but young Wheeler has a secret that will turn not just his world
upside down if it is revealed but that of other people. One of them is Betsy, young daughter of the
Brand household, keeping a simple guest house catering for cowboys and travellers in the territory
of Wyoming.
When the going gets tough the men who are being hunted turn into the hunters. A young man is suspected of a crime that he denies, but he has a secret that can’t be revealed. He has nothing to do with those who want to kill, but young Wheeler has a secret that will turn not just his world upside down if it is revealed but that of other people. One of them is Betsy, young daughter of the Brand household, keeping a simple guest house catering for cowboys and travellers in the territory
of Wyoming. Will James, the hard man of the district who has been away making his fortune, returns to find that his younger brother has been killed under mysterious circumstances – and he is prepared to kill anyone who has harmed the last remaining member of his family. When Wheeler is accused of a terrible crime, Will can help. However, when a person goes on the run, hard questions are asked about the man who helps the fugitive. Deception piles on deception in a story where no-one can really be trusted… even the hero.