Kirjahaku

Land law, water rights, deeds of ownership? Boring. Unless of course, people are shooting at you because of them. The Civil War has disrupted thousands of lives, including that of Sarah Jackson, whose husband was killed for not joining the Confederate Army in Georgia. Sarah and her daughter flee to Nevada Territory and are eligible for homestead rights. After claiming her one hundred sixty acres in the lush Golden Valley, her world crumbles again.Banker Preston Miller claims he owns the entire Golden Valley and all the water in the Good Hope River. Jackson cries foul in a letter to the U.S. Attorney in San Francisco, and Jacob Chance, U.S. Marshal rides to Preston, Nevada Territory to "settle this little land dispute."He finds many in the town fear for their lives and livelihood, but it takes just a few shots from big guns to convince them to back the marshal. Lives are lost, buildings are burned, the town itself is in jeopardy, and the U.S. Marshal finds himself up against an army. Anarchy is the rule in the Golden Valley.Fighting the bad guys is hard enough, he also finds himself fascinated by the daughter of one of the ranchers whose property he is trying to save. Will the town survive? Will the ranches survive? Is romance in the air? All the answers are inside these covers.

Thornton Holiday is a murderer and a bank robber. He's a man with a plan-a plan to create an outlaw haven in the New Mexico community of Plainsville. The village is overrun with the meanest outlaws in the west and fights back with the help of a fourteen-year-old boy who demands to be considered a man.

The vicious murder of a young girl leads to the disintegration of the Sandesta County Sheriff's Department. A homophobic district attorney, a misogynist sergeant of detectives, and a serial killer all come together in So Young, So Dead. Many issues facing law enforcement today are as much social issues as they are criminal. They have all found a home in Sandesta County.

Jason Caldwell, retired Hollywood producer and screenwriter, looked forward to years of fishing the oceans of the world. Instead, he married a gorgeous college professor who was also an undercover FBI agent. Jason didn't discover that little aspect of her life until after she was blown away by international gangsters. There are battles on the high seas, battles in the redwood forests, and battles in Washington, DC.

A conspiracy among powerful landowners threatens the life of Nevada Supreme Court Justice Amos Stanfield and brings Jacob Chance, retired U.S. Marshal, into the fray. Vicious, selfish, and desperate men own Nevada's capitol city sheriff, and pay handsomely members of the legislature to get their way. Death rides the sagebrush range, and Chance gets help from the Virginia City sheriff.

His life is shattered, his wife, his children dead. A lesser man might just give it up; but Ezekiel Hawthorne isn't a quitter. While thousands head to the California gold fields in wagons, Ezekiel loads his mule and embarks on an amazing venture across the continent alone, bound for the good soils and abundant waters of Oregon. Savages, tornadoes, and a lack of knowledge don't slow the man down a bit. It's a beautiful half-Shoshone woman who has the biggest impact on Ezekiel's new life.

Ezekiel's Journey continues as he and the family settle on their homestead and begin the hard work of developing a farm. There is a movement afoot to bring Oregon into the union and Zeke is one of those promoting the idea. He discovers his leadership ability and is elected to the Oregon Territorial Legislature. It's not all roses for the intrepid adventurer as he finds strong opposition to statehood coming from those that want Oregon as a slave state, and those that are dead set against the welcoming of more immigrants. Rumblings of Indian problems for the thousands that will travelling the Oregon Trail are addressed as well. Oregon Territory stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Continental Divide. Can such a large area even be governed? Maybe break some off?

Thrilling action from page to page, from the valley floor to the granite spires of the Ruby Mountains. A vicious gang of killers moves into Elko County, Nevada and stages a robbery following the Fall Stock Sales killing several and nabbing thousands. Disappointed by the sheriff's slow response, Jack Slater, whose herd was at the sale, takes matters into his own hands and leads a posse of ranch buckaroos in chase.The gang is led by Pa Appleton, a couple of prison friends, and his son and daughter, each with numerous killings under their belt... and each harboring doubts about Pa as their leader. A more inept gang would be hard to find, yet Pa's gang continues to evade capture, killing people at every chance as they're chased through Mound Valley and into the rugged wilds of the Ruby Mountains.Personalities play a large part in this western novel as extreme danger brings out the best and the worst in those taking part. Despite heroic efforts by the good guys, it seems the bad guys are going to win this time.

Murder, infidelity, and intrigue...a Western whodunit full of enough twists and turns-and plenty of action-to satisfy even the most hardened of appetites It's a wet spring in 1870s Eureka, Nevada, when the wife of a leading mine owner is found murdered while on a picnic with her housekeeper. The woman has had numerous romantic adventures with other men, including saloon and hotel owner Gordon Hatfield, Blacksmith Abe Afeldt, and District Attorney William Phelps.Chief Deputy Sheriff Terrence Corcoran believes any one of the men, including the woman's husband, may have been responsible for the crime. While investigating, Corcoran discovers that Hatfield is in serious financial trouble. Enough so, that Hatfield arranges to have his business burned down while simultaneously plotting to rob the Eureka Bank.An insurance investigator named Arthur Bellows joins Corcoran in his effort to solve the crimes which keep stacking up, with seemingly no end in sight...

Life in the Oregon Territory frontier village of Brookside is drastically changed when schemes and frauds turn violent. Families are split apart, and good citizens die in this first novel in a continuing series of life in Oregon's frontier period.Brookside, Oregon Territory in the late 1840s is a ranching and timber producing village made up of those willing to face the dangers and hardships of frontier life. Some are honest, hardworking, and family oriented while others become criminals, killers, and opportunists.Farmer and rancher Jacob Hoagland works through a rough period and, into the new year, is faced with a growing family relying on him, an opportunity for farm growth, and a community that finds it needs him, too.Irene Creighton is married to an animal of a man who believes it is a man's right to beat on his wife at will. After years of abuse, she fights back with a cast iron pan. Her husband's death leads to the discovery of his participation in land fraud within the territory.Ben Thorndyke is the village's most successful businessman. His company builds the tools and appliances needed by the timber industry and by the farmers and ranchers in the little valley. In turn, his retail farm and ranch supply emporium sell what he builds along with seed and other needed supplies. He is a community leader and friend of the governor.The county constable, Tobias Kennedy, came to America from Ireland and landed in Brookside. He gets his information through the menacing use of an oak walking stick, a constantly questioning mind, and a distinct desire for Irish whisky and Oregon brandy.These lives, along with the loves, joys and hardships accompanying them, will bring questions of criminality to a conclusion. But not everyone's life will take a turn for the better...

Frontier action on every page, from the valley floor to the sun-scorched mesas.Five years ago, Jack Slater helped capture a notorious outlaw who now roams free with a singular, deranged ambition: to annihilate Jack and his entire family. The relentless pursuit wreaks havoc across Nevada, instigating a wave of terror in the Mound Valley.When a congregation of outlaws along the Truckee River culminates in a botched bank heist, the stage is set for an explosive confrontation. Unwavering in his vow to protect his family, Jack stands as the last bastion against this madness-driven vendetta. In a landscape where law and chaos collide and a sheriff demands control, Jack Slater's dedication to his family's safety knows no bounds. Can he thwart his enemy's insidious plans and save his family, or will he fall prey to the twisted desires of a maniac?

The rough and tumble US Marshal and his cantankerous deputy are back in the saddle, raring to go in the latest action-packed installment from hard-hitting western author Johnny Gunn It's late 1862 in Nevada Territory. The bank in Washoe City has been robbed and the man responsible has been high on a list of most wanted by U.S. Marshal Bull Morrison and his deputy Slim Calhoun. They rush from San Francisco only to find the gang has been killed as a part of a gruesome massacre.The investigation is hampered by early winter storms and includes a madam in a house of prostitution, her husband, and a man known for being a sadistic murderer.Along with the brutal murders there is a man who is an architectural genius, a lovely young lady who captivates Calhoun, and a soiled dove who just might run off with the loot from the bank job. Bull Morrison starts and finishes several good saloon fights but who brings forth a side of him unknown before. The man has a heart. The marshal and his deputy are back in the saddle, ready to sling some hot lead...