45-Caliber Deathtrap

45-Caliber Deathtrap
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425218266

When his business partner is murdered by a notorious bank robber, Cuno Massey, bent on revenge, follows a trail of dead bodies to the den of a killer and, along the way, comes to the aid of a bartender and a Chinese man searching for his daughter. Original.

.45-Caliber Deathtrap

.45-Caliber Deathtrap
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2007-11-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101206373

In this .45-Caliber western, Cuno Massey won't turn his back on his friend—even in death... Life’s been pretty good for Cuno Massey since he went into the freight business with Wade Scanlon. Good, that is, until Scanlon stops in at a saloon and gets shot dead by a band of outlaws. When Massey comes upon his friend in a pine box with his freight wagon plundered and burned, he has one goal: to find the killers. Led by the notorious bank robber Clayton Cannady, the outlaws have raised hell across the countryside, leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake. Now, allied with a bartender and a Chinese man whose daughter was kidnapped by Cannady’s gang, Massey won’t rest until his friend’s death has been avenged and the outlaws have paid for their sins in blood…

.45-Caliber Desperado

.45-Caliber Desperado
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2011-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101543876

Cuno Massey ends up on the wrong side of the law in this .45-Caliber western from Peter Brandvold... Cuno Massey killed those deputy U.S. marshals all right, but only because they were about to rape the women he was escorting to safety. Thrown into a federal penitentiary, he faces a death sentence—until the beautiful Camilla and her cutthroat gang bust him out and head for the Mexican border. Pursued by lawmen as brutal as the desperadoes he travels with, Cuno rides a bloody trail, unsure where his allegiances lie, and wondering if he was better off waiting for the gallows…

Hell's Angel

Hell's Angel
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 110162339X

Bounty hunter Lou Prophet takes on a corrupt town in this western from Peter Brandvold. While on the run from Rurales in Mexico, Lou Prophet stops at the familiar desert town of Chisos Springs. Except now it’s called Moon’s Well. And it appears that more than the name has changed. It’s being controlled by the scoundrel Mordecai Moon, who even charges people for water. Lou Prophet won’t stand for such shady business, but he’s never made an enemy like Mordecai... When Mordecai has Lou beaten and sends him into the blazing desert tied over his horse, matters go from bad to personal. Rescued by an old friend and business partner, Lou is ready to end Mordecai’s reign of terror. And with the outlaw’s own girlfriend straddling sides, Lou will make sure he goes out with a bang.

The Old Wolves

The Old Wolves
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-08-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101624663

In this Rusty Spurr novel from Peter Brandvold, Spurr Morgan is ready to retire…but only after one last job. Deputy U.S. Marshal Spurr Morgan’s ticker isn’t what it used to be. After Spurr suffers a heart attack on the job, the Chief Marshal convinces him it’s time to step down. Unwilling to go out on a sour note, Spurr asks for one last assignment. The Chief sends him to bring a prisoner back to Denver from the Medicine Bow Mountains. The mission seems routine for an old hand like Spurr, until he discovers that the criminal in question is his old nemesis, Boomer Drago—the former lawman turned train robber that Spurr’s been trying to run down for years. Now, with Drago’s gang on his trail and a young girl named Greta needing help out of the mountains, Spurr is ready to face his dangerous final job and prove that even old wolves still have a mean bite…

The Last Lawman

The Last Lawman
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101611456

The first Rusty Spur novel, featuring aging Deputy U.S. Marshal Spur Morgan... Spurr may be an old dog in the business of tracking down desperados, but where his body may fail him, his instincts remain unmatched. Spurr has his sights set on Clell Stanhope, the notorious leader of a gang called the Vultures. Not only has Clell managed to dodge the law, but he’s littered his trail with dozens of innocent men, women and children… Spurr has met his fair share of murderers, but this vulture is the most brutally clever of the breed. Tracking him down requires as much cunning as it does hot lead. After Clell lures every last tin star into his bloody trap, Spurr thinks he may be the last man standing. That is until a half-breed by the name of Yakima Henry offers his services…

The Devil's Laughter

The Devil's Laughter
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101585161

Saddle up for western action in this Lou Prophet, Bounty Hunter novel from Peter Brandvold. Lou Prophet loves to keep beautiful women company. But when the invitation comes from Miss Louisa Bonaventure, the Vengeance Queen, he finds himself intimate with hot lead instead of her warm female form. Louisa’s got him riding the brutal Mexican frontier chasing outlaws led by Tony Lazzaro, a notorious thief whose deadly weapon, Sugar Delphi, is a blind and blood-hungry pistolera. While Lou and Louisa hunt for Lazzaro, they’ve got two gangs hot on their tail: vicious Mojaves hungry for white hides, and Mexican Rurales hungry for gold. They’re not sure who’s more of a threat, but decide to keep their enemies closer by riding with the Rurales. In a true case of the blind leading the blind, Lou Prophet prays that this pursuit ends with him on the right end of a smoking pistol...

Helldorado

Helldorado
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101189037

In this thrilling western from Peter Brandvold, bounty hunter Lou Prophet thinks he's found paradise—he couldn't be more wrong. In all his years of bounty hunting, not one injury could rival the pain Lou Prophet felt when he thought he’d lost his old partner Louisa Bonaventure. Now that he’s rescued her from the brink of death in Mexico, they’re seeking a fresh start in Juniper, Wyoming, which had once been called Helldorado before Lou’s friend, “Hell-Bringin’” Hiram Severin, cleaned it up. Or thought he had… The two bounty hunters take on jobs as gold guards for a local bank—and Louisa takes up with a rich banker. Lou doesn’t have time for jealousy because some people have decided to welcome them to Helldorado with some hot lead. Now Prophet needs to find this filth that’s been swept under the carpet, or he and Louisa will be settling down in Helldorado for good—six feet under…

Rogue Lawman #5: Border Snakes

Rogue Lawman #5: Border Snakes
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2010-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101171391

Guided only by the barrel of his pistol, former deputy marshal Gideon Hawk no longer abides by conventional laws. Known as the Rogue Lawman, he serves his own brand of justice by carving his way through the West, leaving fallen criminals in his wake… This time it’s Hawk who’s been tracked down. The same governors who had a death warrant on Hawk’s head now desperately need his help to end the bloody carnage sweeping the Southwest… A gang of merciless Apaches, along with their leader, a turncoat called Wilbur “Knife-Hand” Monjosa, are on the loose. Losing his hand to a Mojave axe, Monjosa replaced his bloody stump with a razor-sharp knife. He’s a savage who’ll cut down anything in his way… Knife-Hand can only be matched with the kind of ruthlessness that burns within the Rogue Lawman. Monjosa’s killer instinct is as sharp as his hand, but Hawk’s fighting with something mightier than anything in Knife-Hand’s artillery—a personal vendetta…

Rogue Lawman #6

Rogue Lawman #6
Author: Peter Brandvold
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101514620

Fighting the good fight is enough reason for former deputy marshal Gideon Hawk to get in on the action. But when the defenseless are involved, it gets personal for the Rogue Lawman… Brazos got off lucky this time. His Pa, Blue Tierney, saved him from receiving due justice at the hands of a hangman in Trinity Ridge. Which means the Tierneys and their gang are continuing to roam free spreading their terror… What this town needs is a temporary lawman who exhibits little diplomacy when it comes to doling out justice—and Gideon Hawk is that man. Not everyone is sure of him though, especially a hard-nosed yet fetching schoolteacher and some shady businessmen… Like most hardened outlaws, the Tierneys don’t take kindly to getting pushed out of their territory, and they put up a damned good fight. But Gideon won’t back down until he has them strung up from the gallows they once escaped…