The Rio Kid saves a young boy's life in this thrilling tale of the Wild WestAfter three years in exile in Mexico, the Rio Kid slipped back into the United States, evading the clutches of a Texas Ranger, a crooked rancher, and a gang of desperadoes. Now he's ready to press on to Arizona to clear his name and find his fortune. There may be a $10,000 price on his head, but the Kid is unafraid—he has his gun, his horse, and his freedom.When a scream splits the b...

When two prize cattle are slain, the sheriff of Powder Valley is called to a freezing, violent townIt's bitterly cold in the Rockies when the locomotive reaches the end of the line. Only one passenger alights from the caboose: Nate Morris, a lean private detective with an easy grin and icy eyes. Sanctuary Flat is a grim little town, alone in the mountains and cut off from the world. The only business there is cattle breeding, and business is rotten. Two prize cattle...

In a twisty crime caper, Miami PI Mike Shayne tries to tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys, and decide which one he is . . .Miami is no stranger to organized crime and government corruption. Now, investigative reporter Tim Rourke is working to connect the two, with Mike Shayne's help. Their targets: Larry Canada, mobbed-up president of a road construction firm, and the state highway commissioner. They know there's something there; they just n...

PI Mike Shayne is down on his luck and up to his neck in trouble in a gritty crime thriller set in Miami's mobbed-up underworld.Once, Mike Shayne could outdrink, outfight, and out-sleuth anyone. It's amazing what can happen in a few weeks. The once-famous private investigator is now infamous—for his out-of-control boozing and very public money troubles. His downward spiral started with the acquittal of a woman charged with first-degree murder on the basis of his ev...

When a movie shoots in Miami, local PI Mike Shayne gets a behind-the-scenes look at the deadly price of Hollywood fame.Larry Zion, the long-time chairman of Consolidated-Famous Pictures, is speeding down a Miami highway when a woman in a red convertible pretends to shoot him, running him off the road and putting him in the hospital. But she's not just any woman—she's the actress Larry passed over to star in his latest blockbuster movie—the pirate film that could ma...

Two easygoing gunslingers take on a gang of vigilantes to save a quiet Texas ranch townTwister Malone and Chuckaluck Thompson have no love for the sun-blasted plains of West Texas. They made their names in the cool mountain air of Colorado, and are headed to a friend's hacienda in Mexico because, both at the ripe old age of thirty, they're ready to retire. No more high-noon showdowns for Twister and Chuckaluck. They have years of roping, riding, and dozing to look f...

Ten years after taking vengeance on his tormentor, a wanted man returns homeThe outlaws of West Texas know every twist and turn of the renegade trail. Carved into the rugged landscape of the Big Bend region by the hoofs of galloping horses bearing desperate men, it crosses the muddy waters of the Rio Grande into Mexico, where freedom—of a kind—can be found. Ten years ago, Jim Markle rode the trail south, fleeing for his life. Now he's coming home with a new name: St...

Murder and mayhem are all in a day's work for PI Mike Shayne, but when terrorists reach the shores of Miami, he'll have to up his game.No one knows that Murray Gold is back in Miami and the aging criminal mastermind wants it to stay that way. After being imprisoned in Israel, he disappeared during a raid by Palestinian commandos. Being the most wanted man in Florida—if not the world—has its drawbacks. One being that Gold's former allies have abandoned him, and he n...

A South American coup can't stop PI Mike Shayne from helping a friend in need in this wild ride of a crime thriller from the hardboiled mystery author.For Mike Shayne's friend, reporter Tim Rourke, it all started with a fan letter. A Venezuelan student at the University of Miami wormed her way into his good graces, and into his bed. Now, as her home country is rocked by a coup, Rourke is given an exclusive interview with the jailed president. But unknown to Rourke,...

Twister and Chuckaluck spring into action to keep an elderly widow from being run off her landTwister Malone and Chuckaluck Thompson are making their way through a West Texas canyon when they smell death. It pollutes every inch of the winding, narrow trail, so thick and foul they fear they might choke. Finally, the two wandering cowpokes emerge onto the mesa, where they encounter the site of a massacre. A whole family of deer lies dead around a small pond, their ske...

For the sake of cheated settlers, Sheriff Pat Stevens takes on a Powder Valley conmanOn a weather-beaten stretch of the Kansas prairie, a family fights to survive. Molly Hartsell is only twenty-seven, but years of barely scraping by have made her old before her time. Her children are frail, tired, and hungry. If something doesn't change soon, the Hartsells are doomed. But Molly's husband returns from the bank with good news: He sold the farm and invested every penny...

A retired Colorado sheriff rides south to the Mexican border to save a naïve young manBen Thurston is only twenty, and his years in college have taught him little of the real world, yet he believes he's ready for anything. His whole life, he's heard stories about the ranching empire of Jim Rollins, his father's friend who made a fortune near the Mexican border. When Jim dies, Ben gets a letter from his daughter, a young beauty named Katie, pleading for help. With dr...