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One stormy night in Devil's Drum country, Texas, a freight train is halted by a landslide. Two teamsters with fake orders from one of the railroad's top officials ride up, requesting twenty cases of preserves from the startled crew - but are waylaid and murdered on their way into town. So begins one of the most mystifying jobs that detective Gregory Quist has ever taken on; and murder is committed again before he learns what was in the cans innocently...
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It was one of the neatest swindles of all time, and it looked foolproof. The scheme was simple: find a rich gold mine with a greedy superintendent, bribe him to report only half the mined gold, convert the stolen half into cash, and buy control of the company's stock. By the time the theft was uncovered, the company would have changed hands. The one element overlooked in the plan: chief mining engineer and troubleshooter Ghost Merrill. Merrill was...
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If the county seat were to move to Mapleton, it would not only mean a loss to the storekeepers and ranchers of Peaceful Springs - it would mean that a different lawman would be running things, and it might mean that certain undesirables would no longer be prosecuted. So, among certain citizens, there was a concerted effort to affect the issue, using not bullets but the ballot box.
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"He came all the way from Pennsylvania to be a cowboy, and stepped off the train in a a freshly bought Western outfit. It was no surprise that he became the butt of jokes in the local bar. What was surprising was that he made no attempt to fight back. He gained two things that day--his name, the "Keystone Kid, " and his reputation as a coward. Once someone helped him learn the ropes, he took on the look and ways of a true cowhand. But there was still...
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Sam Blair was a peaceful man who took his Hippocratic Oath seriously. The people of Fitch's Landing in the Nebraska Territory knew this and struggled to repay him as best they could for keeping them in good health. But it just wasn't enough, especially when Clara Freeman, Sam's intended, decided to marry and move east with a cavalry officer. Heading back East himself, Sam was intercepted on the trail by a patrol of Oglala Sioux and taken prisoner....
15) Mule man
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They called Brice Corrigan "Mule Man" because of the animal he rode, but they might as well have called him that because of his disposition, for he was surely as stubborn as his beast. Hell, half of why he signed on to this godforsaken crew was because the lady who hired him suggested that he didn't have the guts to do the job. And an odd job it was. A crew of ten, led by an anthropologist, was going into Arizona's Chaco Canyon to dig for relics of...
16) Eyes of eagles
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Strong, brave and wise beyond his years, Jamie MacAllister either impresses or angers all he meets. Kidnapped at age seven by Ohio Shawnees, Jamie's will and strength soon gain him both the favour of Chief Tall Bull, who adopts him, and the enmity of Tall Bull's other son, Little Wolf, the first of many who wish to bring Jamie down a notch. Escaping to a nearby Kentucky settlement, he makes still more enemies. After Jamie kills John Jackson's son...
18) The last chance
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"When Indians massacre an army troop, Ross Caldwell's wife fears he's among the victims. But Caldwell is on the run, pursued by bitter enemies from the Civil War enemies. Caldwell finds refuge in the arms of the sultry madam of Last Chance Gulch. But his bloody past catches up with him. A murderous ex-soldier is on his trail, and his wife has tracked him down as well..."--Page [4] of cover.
20) Dead reckoning
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After a botched confidence scam, swindler Dee Hassard begins a killing spree that covers half of the Colorado Territory. His first victim is the brother of rustler-turned-preacher Carrol Moncrief. Now Carrol must fall back on his former outlaw savvy to track the murderer down. As the manhunt drifts mysteriously toward a legendary wilderness landmark known as the Mount of Snowy Cross, it embroils a number of men and women whose lives it will change...