Western Crime Thrillers

Tired of seeing his best friend, Dale Breadwin, abused by his alcoholic father, Fischer Branson takes action. A gunshot rings out, and Bread and Fish flee into the woods. They build a raft, but the river quickly leads them into even greater danger. In their wake travel a group of adults - Sherriff Cal, aspiring poet Tiffany, Fish’s grandad and his mother, Miranda - each determined to save the boys from the terrors of Ironsford Gorge.

The grand re-opening of the saloon was the biggest event the Gulch had seen in 20 years–the last biggest event in memory being the local Radio Shack carrying cell phones and the only used car dealership in the county now selling cars and trucks that weren't manufactured in the 1970s.

Dennis and Sarah Coleman wake up one Sunday to find the message "You’re all grounded!" on both of their phones. They at first think it’s a prank, but they soon figure out that they and their two young children are locked in the house and their communications with the outside world have been severed. They then get a phone call and learn that they are at the mercy of a psychopath hell-bent on punishing them for their sins. They must do as he says if they ever want to leave their house alive.

Deke Call, an ex-cop with a troubled past, has returned to Nazareth, New Mexico to end it all. Yet, before he can follow through with his self-destructive impulse, a mysterious dark-haired beauty arrives on the scene, giving him a reason to put his plans on hold for one more day. Anna Sandoval is researching a crime novel about Deke's family tragedy--unwelcome news to a man on a ledge. But is that all she's doing? Or does she have a hidden agenda? And a dark past of her own?

A well-known heart surgeon from Houston tells Tex that a mutual friend of theirs has an inoperable heart condition and their friend has gone to a stem cell clinic in Mexico to seek treatment. Their friend, Mr. Pittman, has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. Tex calls his right hand man, The General, and soon Tex and his men and women are on the way to Mexico to give the criminals a lethal dose of .45-caliber Texas justice.

Brad Kelly planned for weeks, set everything carefully in place. Then, he hit the Pioneer State Bank for $53,000. Will he kill to keep it?

Marvin was sitting on the hood of his car on the edge of town, watching the sun come up over the horizon. He closed his eyes and tried hard to remember the last time he felt even remotely human–or at least what would pass for human–but, as always, he came up empty.

Besides perfectly baked pastries and strong coffee, she has a fondness for stealing things. But she knows that stealing the most famous painting in the world would be pointless. After all, what can you do with it once the world finds out it's missing? Hide it in your closet? She'd rather use that space for her hat collection.

Sometimes bad people just need to go down, and for whatever reason, there's usually no one else around to do it. He just wanted to pass through town unnoticed, but vicious outlaws made his business their own and picked a fight he was desperate to avoid. The worst sin yet, they've targeted an innocent woman and her child in their schemes. Austin must now take up his gun and do what he hates but is better at than anyone else: fight without mercy, fight to the end, and win at all costs....

A questo autore dall'inconfondibile vena pessimista e cruda, dall'originale scrittura raffinata e apparentemente naturale, tratta dal linguaggio parlato, ma piena di intrusioni e slanci d'autore, appartiene una serie di romanzi dimenticati, a metà tra il romanzo criminale e il western. A questo filone, quasi sfociante nel dramma antirazzista, che allora furoreggiava in certo cinema e in certo teatro americano alla Tennessee Williams, appartiene "Rossa".

Nerio Winch, P.-D.G. du puissant Groupe W, meurt dans de mystérieuses circonstances. Alors que les dirigeants rêvent de mettre la main sur son empire, on découvre que Winch avait un fils, adopté un quart de siècle auparavant : Largo. Âgé de vingt-six ans, ce dernier hérite donc de toute sa fortune et se retrouve à la tête de l'énorme empire financier qu'est le Groupe W. Tractations, coups montés, magouilles, meurtres, sexe, humour et action sont les ingrédients de sa nouvelle vie dans l'univers de la haute finance.

La cavale d'une hors-la loi avec l'adolescent qu'elle a kidnappé. Lorsqu'une hors-la-loi débarque chez lui et le kidnappe, Garett est terrifié. Pourtant Ab Stenson, cette femme indomptable, est celle qui lui ouvrira les portes d'un avenir moins sombre, loin de son père violent.

Jacob Enright's dead men stayed dead. But their memories did not. The nightmares persisted. They always did. Knowing it was a dream did nothing to lessen its horror. Gambling, drinking, whoring, and killing. It had become like second nature to the ex-lawman turned vigilante. Wanda Blackfoot had loved Jacob for as long as she could remember, but now Wanda didn't know who she was anymore, or more precisely, she didn't know what she was, without Jacob by her side acting as her touchstone.

Was wäre, wenn... Jeremiah Cotton und Philippa Decker schon im 19. Jahrhundert gelebt hätten? Dem Jahrhundert des Goldrausches, des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs und des Eisenbahnbaus? Cotton geht seinem Dienst als einfacher Streifenpolizist in New York nach. Gleichzeitig findet die Pinkerton-Agentin Philippa Decker heraus, dass eine Reederei chinesische Arbeiter, die für die Eisenbahn angeworben werden, zum Schmuggeln von Rohopium benutzt.

Winter, 1945. The Second World War is over, but it is a time of armistice, not peace. Austria is grieving its defeat and the loss of a generation of men; it is a land without leaders. To men like Major Mark Hanlon, Occupation Commander of the alpine town of Bad Quellenberg, falls the task of destroying the legacy of the Nazis once and for all. When his driver is murdered by an Austrian soldier, Hanlon is determined to bring the man to justice. But investigating the crime proves difficult in a community where nearly everyone has something to hide.

The South Carolina backcountry is no place for a young girl to grow up in the 1760s, but 16 year-old Emily Stewart wouldn't have it any other way. She loves the settlement of 96 where her father Breck Stewart runs a tavern with his family, including Emily's embittered older brother, Donnan. But there's much to fear, too. Gangs of murderers, thieves, and robbers terrorize the country with impunity. Pleas to the government in Charlestown fall on deaf ears.

Our murder mystery starts off as Maye's new agent, Sarah McClanahan, discovers her clients with crossbow bolts in their bloody bodies in her new listing. Maye's sexy boyfriend, sheriff's deputy Frank Singleton, has his hands full investigating this crime and others that appear to be piling up.

Created by Les Savage, Senorita Scorpion is in fact Elgera Douglas, a young lady who became a legendary outlaw defending her family's land and legacy, the fabled Lost Santiago Mine. Beautiful and deadly. A crack shot. A fast-thinking, daring fighter who is ruthless to those who threaten the land and people under her protection!

The Man Who Moiled for Gold draws its title from the Robert W. Service poem: "The Cremation of Sam McGee". The poem tells of suffering, loneliness, frustration, and ultimately death. Charley Martin experienced all of these emotions along with love and success while becoming the man who moiled for gold. Charley Martin, in 1912, is found mining the hard rock of Butte, Montana. Years of breathing the fine quartz dust in the pits have given Charley silicosis. Discovery of this incurable condition, by the mine super, brought an abrupt change to the 69-year old miner's life.

One murdered girl. One unknown killer. One legendary lawman. A lone man sits his horse atop a bluff near the southern Missouri border. There's a story in the country ahead of him. A dark tale of murdered girls and a killer not caught, of an old friend asking for help, and a letter from a frightened young mother that has arrived too late to save her daughter. A letter that now rests in this man's pocket.....