Paul Colt

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When a daring heist in San Francisco nets sixty thousand dollars in diamonds and precious stones, the stakes soar higher than ever for Colonel David J. Crook's Great Western Detective League. With Comprehensive Insurance Company footing the bill, veteran investigators Briscoe Cane and Beau Longstreet take the lead, determined to hunt down the elusive Cajun safecracker known as Duval. But Duval isn't the only threat. Partnered with the ultra-secret criminal syndicate El Anillo, the heist is merely the first move in a sinister scheme to defraud investors with promises of riches from a mythical diamond mine. At the center of the con is the enigmatic Don Victor Carnicero, a ruthless mastermind spinning a web of deception with the dazzling prize of a Jeweled Garden. As the Pinkerton Agency dispatches Reginald Kingsley and the beguiling Samantha Maples to track the jewels, rival investigations collide in a whirlwind of bribery, jailbreaks, abductions, and murder. Prepare for a relentless ride with the Great Western Detective League as they navigate treacherous territory, outsmart cunning criminals, and face down ruthless outlaws. The chase barrels toward a thrilling conclusion, where honor, grit, and gunslinging skills are all that stand between justice and chaos in the unforgiving West.

Only the Strong SurviveWhen a faceless New York investor orchestrates a hostile railroad takeover, he unleashes a tidal wave of chaos across the West. His weapon of choice? Over a million dollars in counterfeit bearer bonds, crafted by a ruthless crime syndicate and peddled by a mysterious beauty with a knack for beguiling bankers. As the Texas & Pacific Railroad teeters on the brink, they enlist the notorious Allan Pinkerton to unmask the culprits. But the banks, bleeding from the fraudulent scheme, call on the Great Western Detective League to track down their stolen fortunes. Colonel David J. Crook taps his top men-Briscoe Cane and Beau Longstreet-to lead the charge. Alongside Pinkerton's sharp-eyed Reginald Kingsley and the dangerously seductive Samantha Maples, they race across the untamed West, from bustling railways to desolate deserts, in a high-stakes pursuit. As Kingsley and Cane match wits with a phantom bondsman, Maples and Longstreet find themselves in a rivalry both fierce and flirtatious, all while staying focused on their quarry. But the syndicate won't go down without a fight. Ambushes, assassination attempts, and ruthless betrayals follow the detectives' every move, leading to a heart-pounding showdown from Yuma, Arizona, to the dusty streets of El Paso. Prepare for a relentless ride with the Great Western Detective League as they navigate treacherous territory, outsmart cunning criminals, and face down ruthless outlaws. The chase barrels toward a thrilling conclusion, where honor, grit, and gunslinging skills are all that stand between justice and chaos in the unforgiving West.

The product of an aristocratic Old South upbringing, John Henry "Doc" Holliday's dreams of a career in dentistry are dashed at a young age by respiratory disease. Encouraged to seek the therapeutic benefits of drier climes, John Henry undertakes an odyssey crossing the western frontier, often in the company of soiled dove Kate Elder. It's a journey that transforms him from gentleman dentist to professional gambler. What emerges is a complex character we come to know through contrasting lenses-a family portrait protective of its legacy, a turbulent romantic relationship, and a friendship steeped in loyalty no matter the cost, all the while stalked by the specter of death riding a pale horse. Gambling, drinking, and living on the edge, ever beset by disease, Doc nevertheless maintains an inbred code of honor to violent necessity. He meets and befriends Wyatt Earp, following him from Dodge City in its wide-open, cow town heyday to a date with destiny in Tombstone. Ever trailing in Doc's wake, Kate is never far behind, her love drawn to the self-destruction of a condemned man, like a moth to the flame of inevitable demise. Doc walks away from the legendary O. K. Corral gunfight. He survives the Earp vendetta ride. He escapes legal consequences of the killings in Tombstone. But he can never outrun the rider mounted on a pale horse. Dancing on the edge of oblivion, driven by fate and an unyielding will to live on his own terms, Lunger is Doc Holliday's story as he himself might have told it.

The product of an aristocratic Old South upbringing, John Henry "Doc" Holliday's dreams of a career in dentistry are dashed at a young age by respiratory disease. Encouraged to seek the therapeutic benefits of drier climes, John Henry undertakes an odyssey crossing the western frontier, often in the company of soiled dove Kate Elder. It's a journey that transforms him from gentleman dentist to professional gambler. What emerges is a complex character we come to know through contrasting lenses-a family portrait protective of its legacy, a turbulent romantic relationship, and a friendship steeped in loyalty no matter the cost, all the while stalked by the specter of death riding a pale horse. Gambling, drinking, and living on the edge, ever beset by disease, Doc nevertheless maintains an inbred code of honor to violent necessity. He meets and befriends Wyatt Earp, following him from Dodge City in its wide-open, cow town heyday to a date with destiny in Tombstone. Ever trailing in Doc's wake, Kate is never far behind, her love drawn to the self-destruction of a condemned man, like a moth to the flame of inevitable demise. Doc walks away from the legendary O. K. Corral gunfight. He survives the Earp vendetta ride. He escapes legal consequences of the killings in Tombstone. But he can never outrun the rider mounted on a pale horse. Dancing on the edge of oblivion, driven by fate and an unyielding will to live on his own terms, Lunger is Doc Holliday's story as he himself might have told it.

A Shot in the Dark. A Questionable Claim. A Mystery That Just Won't Die. In the exciting conclusion to his epic Bounty Trilogy, bestselling author Paul Colt pulls back the curtain on one of the West's most enduring mysteries-the death of Billy the Kid at the hands of Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881. Emerging as a violent and headstrong young gunslinger during the famed Lincoln County War, William F. Bonney's audacious outlaw escapades are legendary-but are they accurate? Witness the intricate web of contradictions surrounding not only his reputation, but his supposed death, as well. Was it truly Billy who met his demise that night, or did the pressure on Garrett from above lead to a case of mistaken identity and an elaborate cover-up? Skillfully conceived and masterfully written, A Question of Bounty: The Shadow of Doubt will make you question everything you thought you knew about the man known as Billy the Kid.

"Done with authority. I bought it as history." -Dusty Richards, 3-Time Spur Award-winning Western AuthorBlatant Corruption. Murder Unpunished. And in the Middle, a Kid Named Billy. Bounty of Greed continues Paul Colt's Bounty Trilogy capturing the epic story we know as the Lincoln County War. Powerful merchant and political strongman James Dolan owns Lincoln County, until brash, young English businessman John Tunstall hits town to challenge Dolan's empire. Dolan will stop at nothing, even murder, to retain his commercial stranglehold on Lincoln. Tunstall's murder ignites war in Lincoln County. Tunstall partisan William Bonney vows revenge, launching Billy the Kid's legendary outlaw career. Tunstall and Chisum gunmen, calling themselves Regulators, systematically hunt down and kill those responsible for Tunstall's death. Deputy U. S. Marshal Ty Ledger is swept up in the tides of war, caught between determined forces swirling toward a bloody confrontation that threatens the woman he loves. The war comes to a fiery climax when the army is called in to battle for Lincoln.

A murderous drifter. A grieving husband. A range war about to explode. Bounty of Vengeance introduces Paul Colt's sweeping Bounty Trilogy. Former Cheyenne Sheriff Ty Ledger and bounty hunter Johnny Roth pursue a half-breed serial killer responsible for the death of Ledger's wife and unborn child. The bloody trail leads to Lincoln County, New Mexico, and a town girding for war. Ledger and Roth follow the killer to an encounter with renegade Comanche that has the pair counting their bullets, making sure each has one left for his final escape. Colt's action races across the pages of history set against the run-up to the Lincoln County War. Ty Ledger, Johnny Roth, Lucy Sample, and Dawn Sky take their places beside John Chisum, John Tunstall, and James Dolan as the principals square off in what will become the making of legends. Told in a gritty style reminiscent of Robert B. Parker, Colt transports the reader to events that test the mettle of men and the hearts of the women they love.

Can War Create a Man? Myths. Men. Legends. George S. Patton. John J. Pershing. Pancho Villa. Three larger-than-life figures thrown together in a dusty corner of overlooked history known as the Mexican Punitive Expedition. It is nothing less than the end of an era. Patton-a junior cavalry officer years before he becomes the war hero tank commander so famously portrayed by George C. Scott-confronts the new realities of twentieth-century warfare. The traditional cavalry missions of reconnaissance and communications are being taken over by the Army's fledgling air service and the promise of wireless communications. Modern ballistics render the saber-and the horse cavalry itself-obsolete as a fighting force. The prospects for the glorious martial career Patton has been bred for seem all but lost... until the venerable horse soldiers are called out for one one last fight. General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing recognizes young Patton's frustration and knows the army is ill-prepared for the conflict brewing in Europe. It will need officers of Patton's stripe. He takes the lieutenant under his wing and mentors him with the assurance "time and invention" will lead him to new purpose. It is the turning point that saves Patton's military career, and a bond that will leave a lasting imprint on American military history. Exhaustively-researched and packed with action, Will Rogers Medallion-winning author Paul Colt brings his story to life with the gritty authenticity of a master storyteller. Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory is a triump that will stay with you long after the bugler calls retreat.

William Barclay "Bat" Masterson lived an extraordinary life almost impossible to imagine. If it weren't true, no one would believe it. He lived the West when the West was wild- as a buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, army scout, lawman, and gambler. Bat's adventures took him from the Bear Shield Raid to Dodge City in its anything-goes-cow-town heyday and many more events where his significance remains largely unknown. He encountered and ran with some of the West's most colorful characters, deadly gunfighters, and dangerous desperados, a veritable "Who's Who" of old West history. Friends Call Me Bat is his story and those of his friends as he might have told them, complete with an otherworldly twist at the end.

"They came from the land of the Great Father, as many as grasshoppers in summer..." -Autumn Snow, Tsitsistas (Cheyenne)On December 21, 1866, Red Cloud and a band of Oglala Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defeated a U. S. Army force led by Captain William J. Fetterman. The Fetterman defeat ended Red Cloud's war for control of the Bozeman Trail with the signing of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. President Ulysses S. Grant came to office the following year on a reform platform that included Indian peace policy. Grasshoppers in Summer tells the epic story of making and breaking the Fort Laramie Treaty as seen through the eyes of opposing political, military, and tribal leaders. Relentless fraud, corruption, cultural and political pressures frustrated Grant's effort to reform Indian policy. A conspiracy of military, railroad, and mining interests destroyed the Fort Laramie Treaty, leading to the drumbeat of war. The plains tribes' last great victory at Greasy Grass would win the bitter spoils of total defeat.