Jim Lawless

Convinced that Blackjack Chancer is behind the death of his youngest brother, Lukus Rheingold steals the Saturday night takings from the gambler's Wasteland Eldorado. Led by Marshal Jed Crane, the Wasteland posse is outwitted by Lukus's surviving brother, Kris. The Rheingold brothers head for their home at Nathan's Ford, where they are followed by a mysterious woman calling herself Lil Lavender, and later by Chancer and his hired gun, Fallon. All three have their own reasons for hunting Lukus Rheingold, and the hunt leads to a final bloody climax in the Rheingold family cemetery.

When rancher, bully and wife-beater Clayton T. Pallister is murdered, the tragedy has its compensations. For his wife, Rosie, the harsh years are over, the Rolling P ranch is hers and her young son looks forward to a life away from his powerful father's stifling rules. But then a young woman rides across the Bravo from Mexico and everything is thrown into disarray.

Frank Shannon arrived home from the war to find his family dynasty torn apart. Who was Jack Bamber, the lean stranger living in Tom Shannon's Slash S ranch house? And, where were Tom and his wife, Beth? Locked in a cell and accused of cattle rustling, Shannon vows to discover the truth. With the help of veteran lawyer Mack Findlay and an unlikely alliance with Marshal Eli Simm, Shannon begins unravelling a fifty-year-old mystery that is destined to end with the thunder of hooves and the roar of blazing six-guns.

As a young man Red Cavanagh awoke one morning to find his father dead - murdered by members of the old Willis Walton gang. Setting off in pursuit he stopped in Bald Hills to secure himself a rifle, but didn't succeed. Then within hours, a grave is discovered in a clearing, covered with a crude wooden cross bearing the name Red Cavanagh...Four years on and Bald Hills is in deep trouble. The transcontinental railroad is likely to be routed to the north of the town, and a greedy local rancher is seizing property and land aided by gunman Chet Warrener. There seems no hope for the ordinary townspeople. Until, one day, a stranger rides into town...