Ralph Compton western series
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Death along the Cimarron: a Ralph Compton novel
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Deadwood Gulch: a Ralph Compton novel
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Bluff City: a Ralph Compton novel
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Ordered to head west when a New York gangster puts a price on his head for killing his son, Detective Sergeant John McBride ends up in High Hopes, Colorado--a lawless boomtown where McBride quickly runs afoul of corrupt saloon owner Gamble Trask and his vicious hired guns. When beautiful card dealer Shannon Roark asks for his protection, it's high time for one of New York's finest to dole out some frontier justice of his own.
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Blood on the gallows
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Bullet for a bad man: a Ralph Compton novel
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The convict trail: a Ralph Compton novel
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Death of a bad man: a Ralph Compton novel
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Ride the hard trail
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Shadow of the gun: a Ralph Compton novel
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Bounty hunter: a Ralph Compton novel
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Fatal justice: a Ralph Compton novel
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The man from nowhere
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Rawhide Flat: a Ralph Compton novel
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Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
For a gambler locked in a claims war, the stakes are life or death! A plague of killings has descended on Green Meadow, Oklahoma. A villain called the Fat Man wants the town -- and the black gold beneath it. And Fat Man is willing to wipe out every man, woman, and child to get it. Only two underdogs stand in his way: seedy gambler Chauncey Drake and scrappy Pinkerton agent Reuben Withers. The pair will have to work hard and work together to force-feed...
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North to the Salt Fork
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Rusted tin: a Ralph Compton novel
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Stryker's revenge: a Ralph Compton novel
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Doc Blaine has signed a big contract with a cattle buyer up in Kansas. After a couple more good springs, Doc might be able to retire, but for now he'll have to contend with a band of marauding brothers out for vengeance against the Blaines. Another set of brothers--Doc's sons--might be the bigger liability. Miles and Jared have feuded for years over the same woman--even after Miles married her, and Jared vowed to kill him. But Doc believes he can...
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The ghost of Apache Creek: a Ralph Compton novel
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Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Newspaper reporter Lester T. Booker sets out to interview legendary lawman, ex-gunfighter Ransom March. But the dime novel hero turns out to be little more than an old ex-lawman of questionable moral fiber who doled out death to unsuspecting-- and sometimes unarmed-- enemies. One criminal who escaped Rance's brand of justice is the man known as the Gravedigger-- a man who earned his moniker for buryng his victims alive. Rance comes out of retirement...
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The stranger from Abilene
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Dead Man's ranch
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Down on Gila River: a Ralph Compton novel
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The Omaha trail: a Ralph Compton novel
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One man's fire: a Ralph Compton novel
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Signet
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Forced by President Chester A. Arthur to infiltrate Hatfield J. Warful's gang by posing as an outlaw on the run, Deputy U.S. Marshal Matt Battles finds himself being targeted by both lawmen and outlaws as he tries to complete his mission and avert a second Civil War.
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Tucker's reckoning: a Ralph Compton novel
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Brimstone Trail
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Hard ride to Wichita
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about being quiet. Unfortunately, it turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town's marshal, and Marshal Watt knows just enough about Shotgun Charlie's past to draft him into service in his stead. The trek north would be treacherous enough with the snow and...
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The Cheyenne Trail
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Comanche Trail
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The dangerous land: a Ralph Compton novel
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Double-cross ranch: a Ralph Compton novel
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Vigilante dawn: a Ralph Compton novel
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The evil men do
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Signet, published by New American Library, an imprint of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When a bunch of ruffians rob a bank in the sleepy town of Alpine, it's only natural for the locals to be alarmed. But this gang and its leader, Cestus Calloway, are not common criminals. In fact, Cestus is known as the Robin Hood of the Rockies, distributing his loot to those less fortunate, raining stolen money down on the townsfolk. As if that weren't too good to be true, this gang holds to one important rule: steal but don't kill... All Alpine's...
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Straight to the noose: a Ralph Compton novel
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Signet, published by New American Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Owen Burnett's needs are small. All he's ever wanted is his wife's affection, his children's health, and a little plot of land to farm. Still, he's no fool. So when his neighbor Gareth Kurst makes him a business proposition, one that could leave him richer than he's ever dreamed, he can't refuse giving the risky scheme a try. Rounding up cattle up in the Texas Hill Country is nothing to take on lightly. Between the Comanches roaming the countryside...
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Outlaw town
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Signet
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by memories of the Civil War, Coy Jennings just wants to find work as a ranch hand and to begin saving for a small farm where he could finally enjoy peace and quiet. Arriving in the Texas settlement of Phantom Hill, Coy soon befriends a damaged but likable stable hand by the name of Ira Dalton and hopes for a future with a lovely widowed mother and her eight-year-old daughter. In order to make Phantom Hill a decent place to settle down, Coy...
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Calvert's last bluff
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Ralph Compton ride the hammer down
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"When twenty-five-year-old Lewis Taylor is released from the Texas State Prison, he receives little attention as he walks into the midday sunlight, free after serving five years for a crime he didn't commit. His only interest is in getting back to his hometown of Gila Bend, Texas, a quiet farming community about which he has only warm, idyllic memories. During his long years in prison, he survived by thinking fondly of the home he'd known since boyhood--and...
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Reunion in hell
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Ride for justice
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Dalton's justice
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Ralph Compton the wrong side of the law
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