Blood on the Rimrock - Hardcover

Dunlap, Phil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803498802 ISBN 13: 9780803498808

Publisher: AmazonEncore, 2007

Synopsis

US Marshal Piedmont Kelly shackles a stranger to a tree for the night after the man rides into his camp and tries to kill him. When dawn arrives, Kelly finds the man murdered in his sleep. Confused and worried, the marshal sets out to back track the man in hopes of catching his killer. Along the way, he comes across a wounded Chiricahua Apache who has been shot during an attempted massacre of several of his people. After patching the Indian's wounds, the marshal finds that the Indian is a suspect in the robbery of a stagecoach and the killing of a driver, guard and passengers. Feeling strongly that the Indian is innocent, the marshal discovers that the man murdered in his camp holds the key to a highly unlikely band of killers. Phil Dunlap delivers another fast-paced, action-packed western.

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About the Author

Phil Dunlap has had a lifelong affair with the history and characters of the Old West. Often drawn to a haunted land where ghosts of gunfighters, scalawags, gamblers, dance hall girls, and victims of gold fevers still float among the cacti, he revels in revisting that bygone era as a novelist, the next best thing to living it. Phil lives near Indianapolis with his wife Judy.

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US Marshal Piedmont Kelly shackles a stranger to a tree for the night after the man rides into his camp and tries to kill him. When dawn arrives, Kelly finds the man murdered in his sleep. Confused and worried, the marshal sets out to back track the man in hope of catching his killer. Along the way, he comes across a wounded Chiricahua Apache who has been shot during an attempted massacre of several of his people. After patching the Indian s wounds, the marshal finds that the Indian is a suspect in the robbery of a stagecoach and the killing of a driver, guard, and passengers. Feeling strongly that the Indian is innocent, the marshal discovers that the man murdered in his camp holds the key to a highly unlikely band of killers. Phil Dunlap delivers another fast-paced, action-packed western in Blood on the Rimrock.

Reviews

In this solid western from veteran Dunlap, Deputy U.S. Marshal Piedmont Kelly is suspicious when drifter George Alvord shows up at his Arizona desert campsite; Kelly ties up Alvord for the night, and the next morning finds Alvord stabbed and his saddle bags gone. He sets out to catch the killer, and on the first day comes across Spotted Dog, an elderly Apache crippled by a bullet who claims to have been shot by his own people, who see him as a traitor. Once Kelly brings Spotted Dog into town, however, Sheriff Drago identifies the old man as one of the Apaches who robbed the Overland Stage of $10,000 and killed four people. Kelly suspects Drago knows more about the money than the Apache ever did, and the story moves ahead steadily, with Drago's vile sidekick, Cloyd, providing some squirms. Dunlap delivers few surprises, but a likable hero in Kelly. (Feb.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: AmazonEncore
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803498802
• ISBN 13: 9780803498808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 262