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Shadow of the Gun

by Joseph A. West
Ralph Compton
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A lawless town lives in the shadow of fear in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series.

Tam Elliot founded Eden Creek to be a utopia of peace and prosperity. The town achieved neither, and in despair Elliot took his own life. His daughter Allison rechristened the town Suicide, blaming its folks for its failure. From her hillside house, she collects property dues from the lost souls unfortunate enough to still reside there—and punishes anyone attempting to leave.
 
John McBride came west to start a new life, only to find himself saddled with the moniker “Tenderfoot Kid” after a single gunfight. He purchased a restaurant in Suicide hoping to put his past behind him, but with marauding Apaches, vicious outlaws, and rising tensions between the townsfolk and Allison Elliot, the town is a powder keg waiting to explode—and McBride’s presence just may be enough to light the fuse…
 
More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!
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Series: A Ralph Compton Western Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: February 5, 2008

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101211601
  • Release date: February 5, 2008

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101211601
  • File size: 244 KB
  • Release date: February 5, 2008

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Western Thriller Historical Fiction

Languages

English

A lawless town lives in the shadow of fear in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series.

Tam Elliot founded Eden Creek to be a utopia of peace and prosperity. The town achieved neither, and in despair Elliot took his own life. His daughter Allison rechristened the town Suicide, blaming its folks for its failure. From her hillside house, she collects property dues from the lost souls unfortunate enough to still reside there—and punishes anyone attempting to leave.
 
John McBride came west to start a new life, only to find himself saddled with the moniker “Tenderfoot Kid” after a single gunfight. He purchased a restaurant in Suicide hoping to put his past behind him, but with marauding Apaches, vicious outlaws, and rising tensions between the townsfolk and Allison Elliot, the town is a powder keg waiting to explode—and McBride’s presence just may be enough to light the fuse…
 
More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!
Expand title description text
Fiction Western Thriller Historical Fiction