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Dead End Trail
by Norman A. FoxNEVER JUDGE A MAN BY HIS WANTED POSTER! Who'd have thought a tiny china stallion could stir up such a stampede? But when the trinket is the only way to claim the buried booty of Butch Rafferty's Wild Bunch, every gunslick in Montana is out to get his hands on the prize. All except one. Ex-hardcase Rowdy Dow has other ideas. He's not aiming to be a law-dog...just pay back a debt to the legendary Rafferty, since the old desperado wants his loot restored to the ranchers who desperately need it. But with so much cutthroat competition around, Rowdy Dow could good-deed himself right into a cold, cold grave!
Dead for a Dollar (A Firestick Western #3)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneJohnstone Justice. Making the West wild again. Keeping the peace in a West Texas town like Buffalo Peak should be easy for a legendary frontiersman like Marshal Elwood "Firestick" McQueen. He&’s got his longtime buddies "Beartooth" Skinner and "Moosejaw" Hendricks as his deputies—not to mention the famous rifle that earned him his nickname. But when Firestick learns that their ornery old friend &“Rip&” Ripley just rode into town, all bets are off. It&’s darn near impossible to keep the peace when Rip&’s specialty is disturbing it. Firestick finds a decade-old wanted poster for Rip—the reward is one dollar. Firestick uses it to toss Rip into the clink till he decides to leave town. But Ripley&’s still up to his old tricks—he has a new gang of cutthroats coming to Buffalo Peak to steal a king&’s ransom in gold in the town bank. Firestick, Beartooth, and Moosejaw become pawns in what just might be the heist of the century. Because Rip&’s kill-crazy pals will have to bust him out of jail first . . . Live Free. Read Hard.
Dead Freight for Piute
by Luke ShortCole Armin came into Piute on the late stage, dead broke and hungry. But no amount of money could make him work for the snake-in-the-grass, thieving Monarch Freight Company. He saw firsthand how Monarch played dirty to keep its business number one. So Cole threw in his lot with Monarch's rival, Western Freight, and soon he was driving twenty mules and twenty tons of ore right into a crossfire that would test his manhood... and his heart.
Dead Freight for Piute
by Luke ShortA hard-riding cowboy teams up with a stubborn farm girl to save her family's freight business in this adventure from a master storyteller of the West. When her brother finds himself locked in a vicious battle with corrupt kingpin Craig Armin for control of the freight business in a silver town called Piute, Celia Wallace sells the family farm and goes west to help him. She's just short of her destination when bandits attack her stagecoach, pressing a pistol to Celia and making her hand over every cent she has. She's ruined--but she'll fight to get her revenge. Meanwhile, Armin's nephew Cole, who knows nothing about his uncle's underhanded dealings, has come to Piute looking for a job running one of his uncle's mule trains. But he will find a cause instead: helping Celia search for her stolen money, betraying his own family to do what's right. Dead Freight for Piute is a hard-hitting, authentic western about the brave men and women who had the true grit to stand up to evil, greedy men in a land where the only law was the law of the gun.
Dead in Hog Heaven (A Thea Barlow Cozy Mystery #3)
by Carol Caverly"...features plenty of action, a bold plot, and weird characters—including one mean pet chicken." ~Library JournalThea Barlow has quit her Chicago job and returned to Wyoming—with her fiancé Max Holman—to work as a freelance writer.In Hog Heaven to investigate the ruins of an old rural whorehouse, Thea stumbles upon a woman's body and is fingered for the murder.Now, Thea and Max must ferret out Hog Heaven's secrets and expose the person attempting to frame Thea before she and Max become the next victims...if the town's mean-spirited chicken doesn't get them first."Fast-paced action and snappy dialog." ~Publisher's WeeklyTHE THEA BARLOW WYOMING MYSTERIES, in orderAll the Old LionsFrogskin and MuttonfatDead in Hog HeavenDeath by Doodlebug
Dead Man Walking: Dead Man Walking (Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal #6)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Bestselling William W. Johnstone introduces a hero unlike any other on the frontier: a man carrying a badge of the U.S. Government and the heritage of his Cherokee People—John Henry Sixkiller, manhunter. BAD BLOOD WILL RUN Ignatius O’Reilly is famous for his beautifully crafted counterfeit money. John Henry Sixkiller is famous for hunting criminals into the most violent and dangerous worlds most lawman dare not go. Now, the Deputy U.S. Marshal is zeroing on O’Reilly in San Francisco, when the case blows up in his face. Instead of O’Reilly, Sixkiller finds a beautiful woman and a meddling Federal agent from the Secret Service. O’Reilly gets away and the hunt leads Sixkiller after the woman, the counterfeiter, and the Fed into the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains. There, a mining town is surrounded by armed men, people inside are dying of disease, and, as outlaws converge, the line between right and wrong disappears . . . until Sixkiller takes out a gun and lays down the law—one bullet at a time.
Dead Man’s Cañon
by Lauran Paine Traber BurnsThe trouble began for Sheriff Claude Rainey when the Hightower Ranch cowboys discovered a mummified man and his horse in a desert canyon near Springville, Arizona—both shot in the head. Ordinarily that should have been the end of it. Few men riding the outlaw trail up out of Mexico make it through that godforsaken country. What troubled Rainey and the townsmen, however, was what Hightower foreman Al Trail had brought into town and given to the sheriff.Near the body, the cowboys had dug up a box that contained five bloodstained packets of hundred-dollar bills, amounting to $10,000. This only deepened the mystery. After all, who kills a man and leaves behind $10,000? The only clue to the identity of the dead man is the shriveled-up brand on the horse, which he sketches and sends to the registrar. The money is stowed in the only steel safe in Apache County while the sheriff and the townsmen wait to see who will ride in to Springville to claim it. It is Sheriff Rainey’s hope that the town can keep the money and build a proper schoolhouse.Then two men arrive within weeks of each other. The first, Fernando Bríon, informs Rainey that US Marshal Jonas Gantt and his horse have been found shot in the head on his land across the border in Mexico. He gives him Gantt’s personal effects. The circumstances are similar to those of the dead man and his horse found in the canyon. The second man is Deputy US Marshal Arch Clayton, who informs Rainey that the dead man was his partner back in Raton, New Mexico. Both men arouse Rainey’s suspicion and add to the mounting questions about the identity of the bushwhacking killer—foremost, whether he will show up in Springville, and what it is he’s really after.
Dead Man's Corner
by Pepper EspinozaEliza Quinn first meets Ford when he tracks his rival Corbett to her homestead. Ford recruits Eliza to his fight, and they defeat Corbett’s attack, but her homestead is lost in the process.But when they travel to the frontier’s closest town, Dead Man’s Corner, they face Corbett’s brother Ben, a ruthless man with powerful friends. He plans to exact his vengeance against Ford, and destroy anybody or anything who stands in his path.Despite the danger to herself, Eliza can’t turn her back on Ford, and is caught up in the fight to the bitter end. Will she win the fight for her future ... and their love?
Dead Man's Fancy
by Keith MccaffertyThe third novel starring Montana's fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig JohnsonWolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout.As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds one of the men who has fallen under the temptress's spell impaled on the antler tine of a giant bull elk, a kill that's been claimed by a wolf pack. An accident? If not, is the killer human or animal? With painter, fly fisherman, and sometimes private detective Sean Stranahan's help, Ettinger will follow clues that point to an animal rights group called the Clan of the Three-Clawed Wolf and to their svengali master, whose eyes blaze with pagan fire.In their most dangerous adventure yet, Stranahan and Ettinger find themselves in the crossfire of wolf lovers, wolf haters, and a sister bent on revenge, and on the trail of an alpha male gone terribly wrong.
Dead Man's Fancy: A Sean Stranahan Mystery
by Keith MccaffertyThe third novel starring Montana's fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig JohnsonWolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout.As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds one of the men who has fallen under the temptress's spell impaled on the antler tine of a giant bull elk, a kill that's been claimed by a wolf pack. An accident? If not, is the killer human or animal? With painter, fly fisherman, and sometimes private detective Sean Stranahan's help, Ettinger will follow clues that point to an animal rights group called the Clan of the Three-Clawed Wolf and to their svengali master, whose eyes blaze with pagan fire.In their most dangerous adventure yet, Stranahan and Ettinger find themselves in the crossfire of wolf lovers, wolf haters, and a sister bent on revenge, and on the trail of an alpha male gone terribly wrong.
Dead Man's Guns
by Paul LedererRescued by settlers, an injured lawman fights to regain his memoryHis horse shot out from under him, the sheriff scrambles across ragged wasteland, desperate to outrun the four riders behind him. Bullets sing through the air as the chase comes to an abrupt halt at the lip of the Snake River Gorge. Far below him, the rapids roar through the canyon, and the lawman has no choice but to jump. He falls, slamming his head on a rock, and sinks into unconsciousness.He washes up on the riverbank near a small farm, where young Teresa Bright drags him to safety. His rescuer finds no clue to his identity but a piece of a badge nestled in his front pocket. She and her father wash and dress the stranger&’s wounds, but they can do nothing to bring back his shattered memory. Whoever this man is, there were killers on his tail, and they will not rest until he&’s found.
Dead Man's Hand (Diamondback #5)
by Guy BrewerAfter defending a woman's honor, Dex's friend ends up behind bars. And Dex must play all his cards close to the vest to save his friend-when the stakes are raised to life or death.
Dead Man's Hand (Wild Bill , No #1)
by Judd ColeA LIVING LEGEND Marshal, gunfighter, stage driver, and scout, Wild Bill Hickok had a legend as big and untamed as the West itself. No man was as good with a gun as Wild Bill, and few men used one as often. From Abilene to Deadwood, his name was known by alland feared by many. That's why he was hired by Allan Pinkerton's new detective agency to protect an eccentric inventor on a train ride through the worst badlands of the West. With hired thugs out to kill him and angry Sioux out for his scalp, Bill knew he had his work cut out for him. But even if he survived that, he had a still worse danger to face a jealous Calamity Jane.
Dead Man's Hand (A Colt Brothers Investigation #6)
by B.J. DanielsIf he wants her love...He might have to show his handDJ Diamond&’s partnership with Sadie Montclair is purely professional. But when a high-stakes poker game DJ organized turns violent, Sadie refuses to leave his side. Hiding out in a snowbound cabin gives them a chance to explore the feelings they&’ve kept from each other…and makes them an easy target for the gangsters who want them dead.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.A Colt Brothers Investigation series by New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels: Book 1: Murder Gone Cold Book 2: Sticking to Her Guns Book 3: Christmas Ransom Book 4: Set Up in the City Book 5: Her Brand of Justice Book 6: Dead Man's Hand
Dead Man's Hand (Jake Paynter #1)
by David NixAn action-packed historical western for fans of William Johnstone and Louis L'Amour.Condemned to die, he's about to find a reason to live.Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black buffalo soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be hanged for killing his captain after refusing an inhumane order. Despite his best efforts to maintain isolation, he starts to make friends on his journey to trial. The people of the wagon train begin looking to Paynter for leadership, and he reluctantly falls into the role.The opportunity to escape arises when the wagon train is attacked by bandits, but Paynter's growing ties to the travelers compel him to stay. As his trial approaches, Paynter must lean on his friends for salvation, but the laws of the west are swift and harsh, and a grueling confrontation with his past is on the horizon.
Dead Man's Hand & Deliverance at Cardwell Ranch
by B.J. DanielsIf he wants her love He might have to show his handDead Man's Hand by B.J. Daniels DJ Diamond&’s partnership with Sadie Montclair is purely professional. But when a high-stakes poker game DJ organized turns violent, Sadie refuses to leave his side. Hiding out in a snowbound cabin gives them a chance to explore the feelings they&’ve kept from each other. And it makes them an easy target for the gangsters who want them dead.FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!Deliverance at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. DanielsWhen deputy sheriff Austin Cardwell rescues a woman in a blizzard, he is stunned to learn the dark-haired beauty has no memory of who she is and who—or what—she was fleeing. But she's terrified of the stranger who shows up at the hospital, claiming to be her husband. From Cardwell Ranch to the wilds of Idaho, Austin vows to uncover her identity…before her past destroys any hope of a future.
Dead Man's Money
by Ken HodgsonCatching A Murderous Monster Ain't Going To Be Cheap. . . In Oklahoma Indian Territory just over the Kansas line, settlers are losing their heads. Literally, that is. Decapitated bodies are turning up and businessman Cyrus Warwick, who's aiming to make this town bigger than Dodge City, wants it to stop--bad for business, he says. It's bad for his only daughter too: she's the next victim of this "Monster of Osage." Warwick's $20,000 bounty goes up. . . . and all hell breaks loose. Asa Cain, Hardcase The good, the bad, and the just plain trigger-happy come looking to claim the bounty, and up goes the body count. But it's not Wyatt Earp or Doc Watson picking up the killer's trail--it's the bloodiest bounty hunter of them all, Asa Cain, and his undertaker partner Cemetery John. But what's at the end of this trail is something even Asa Cain never imagined in his darkest dreams . . . "Hodgson is a gift to western writing."--Roundup "A first-rate writer." --Dale L. Walker, past president, Western Writers of America
Dead Man's Noose
by Morgan Hill"You may put a rope on my wrists," the captured outlaw Duke McClain taunts Sheriff Matt Blake, "but you'll never put one on my neck." A death sentence awaits McClain in Tucson for his robberies, massacres, and senseless murders--but it lies across miles of unforgiving desert, full of cruel traps and bloodthirsty villains. Although Blake is determined to bring the outlaw to justice, a single thought repeats itself in his head with every thirsty step: A lot of things could happen before they reach Tucson...From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dead Man's Poker (A Wilson Young Western #2)
by Giles TippetteWhen it comes to Western fiction, acclaimed writer Giles Tippette hits the bull's eye every time . . .Saloon owner Wilson Young doesn't need the law to take care of business. But when he takes a train down to Galveston to look up a gambler who owes him a fat debt, he gets paid with a bullet in his chest. After getting out of the scrape alive--barely--Young heads back to San Antone to mend up. And plan his revenge. And draw on his outlaw past to settle a score--one bullet at a time.
Dead Man's Spurs (Slocum #247)
by Jake LoganWhen Slocum and his herding partner, Billy Quince, end the life of a notorious cattle rustler, it's the young man's first kill. But it's far from his last as the infamous rustler leaves him with a mysterious--and murderous--legacy. Now it's up to Slocum to break the deadly spell.
Dead Man's Trail (Yakima Henry Series #10)
by Frank LeslieChristmas for Yakima Henry isn't all that merry... Yakima Henry is hunting wild horses with his partner, Lewis Shackleford, when they're attacked by desperadoes. A mysterious gunman with a Sharps rifle sends the thieves running. But when they go to thank their savior, they find him dead--with a large poke of gold amongst his gear. Haunted by the man's death, Yakima takes it upon himself to take the gold to the shooter's family. But even around Christmas, nothing is easy. On the trip through the snowy Wyoming mountains, Yakima will have to fight hard to save himself and his traveling companions--including a beautiful woman on the run--from predators both animal and human.
Dead Man's Trail: A Delicious Culinary Cozy Mystery With Recipes (A Carson Stone Western #1)
by Nate MorganReformed outlaw Carson Stone, in this razor-sharp Western, stakes his claim in the untamed, bloody Idaho Territory, only to find himself trapped in a bullet-riddled nightmare he may not walk away from . . . Former thief and wanted man Carson Stone dreams of a peaceful life on a ranch built by his own hands, but dreams don&’t always come without a steep price. To earn a stake, Carson rides west to collect the reward on a claim-jumper. The land is beautiful, but times are hard as the territory is ravaged by the latest Indian war and a mining boom gone bust. When Stone steps in to defend a family ambushed by murdering marauders, he makes a terrifying discovery: one of the hired killers carries a death list full of names and dollar amounts. But the names on this list belong to upstanding citizens, not criminals. When the local sheriff is gunned down in broad daylight, Carson takes on the one job he never wanted—pinning on a lawman&’s tin star to protect the innocent. A gang of ruthless killers are storming back to finish their work—and Carson Stone has just moved to the top of the death list.
Dead Man's Walk: A Novel (Lonesome Dove Ser. #No. 1)
by Larry McmurtryDead Man's Walk is the first, extraordinary book in the epic Lonesome Dove tetralogy, in which Larry McMurtry breathed new life into the vanished American West and created two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction: Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call.As young Texas Rangers, Gus and Call have much to learn about survival in a land fraught with perils: not only the blazing heat and raging tornadoes, roiling rivers and merciless Indians but also the deadly whims of soldiers. On their first expeditions--led by incompetent officers and accompanied by the robust, dauntless whore known as the Great Western--they will face death at the hands of the cunning Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump and the silent Apache Gomez. They will be astonished by the Mexican army. And Gus will meet the love of his life.
Dead Men Don't Lie (An Outlaw Torn Slater Western #1)
by Jackson Cain&“NEVER HAS THE WEST BEEN WILDER.&” —Ward Larsen, USA Today bestselling author Wanted in thirteen states. Locked up for two years in a Mexican prison. Released into the wilds of the American West with a twenty-thousand-dollar bounty on his head. The outlaw Torn Slater doesn&’t just live outside the law, he takes it into his own hands—and makes it cry for mercy . . . After robbing some banks, Slater knows he should lay low. But when a beautiful widow asks for his help, he can&’t say no. Her reckless son has gone looking for trouble in Mexico—and found it in a woman called &“La Senorita.&” This power-mad femme fatale combines the torture methods of the Spanish Inquisition with the heart-ripping rituals of the Aztecs to get whatever she wants. And she wants the widow&’s son. Slater would be lying if he said taking down &“La Senorita&” would be easy. But dead men don&’t lie . . . &“GRITTIER THAN LOUIS L&’AMOUR, Jackson Cain writes . . . some of the wildest, juiciest, fast-galloping western adventures you&’ll ever read.&” —William Martin, New York Times bestselling author &“NON-STOP ACTION . . . These novels are tough as nails, written by a pro who knows what he&’s doing.&” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author
Dead Men's Trails (Canyon O'Grady #1)
by Jon SharpeCanyon O'Grady is a special agent of the U.S. government, appointed by the President himself. But the only badge he wears is the Colt at his side & the Henry in his saddle holster as he rides the roughest trails in the West.