The Bogus Bondsman (A Great Western Detective League Case) - Hardcover

Colt, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1432834037 ISBN 13: 9781432834036

Publisher: Five Star Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

A faceless New York investor sets in motion a hostile railroad takeover financed by more than a million dollars in counterfeit bearer bonds issued by a rival railroad. The work is carried out by a ruthless, ultra-secret crime syndicate using an enigmatic beauty hired to beguile unsuspecting bankers while passing the bogus paper. The Texas & Pacific Railroad turns to Pinkerton to stop the fraud while victimized banks retain the Great Western Detective League to recover their losses. Colonel David J. Crook assigns the case to ace operatives Briscoe Cane and Beau Longstreet. Pinkerton partner Reginald Kingsley is joined by seductively talented agent Samantha Maples in a pursuit that races across the west and southwest, riding the rails from one exciting encounter to the next unexpected twist. Kingsley and Cane match deductive wits to outsmart the mysterious bogus bondsman. Maples and Longstreet engage a friendlier match with neither taking their eye off the prize. With pursuit closing in, syndicate muscle resorts to ambush and assassination in a desperate attempt to stop their pursuers from foiling the plot before they fulfill their client contract. Nothing will stop them including terminating their own bogus bondsman. The chase runs out of Texas & Pacific track in a thrilling showdown on a run from Yuma, Arizona, to the dusty streets of El Paso.

About this title

From the Back Cover

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR PAUL COLT:

“In 1877, legendary Texas badman Sam Bass nets a pretty sum from stagecoach and train robberies in Nebraska and Wyoming, respectively. Rival detective agencies go after him . . . Pinkerton . . . and the Great Western Detective

League . . . crisply told, with workmanlike attention to minor characters and flashes of humor.”―Booklist on Wanted Sam Bass

“Like the first book in the Bounty series, 2014’s A Question of Bounty, this one cleverly and seamlessly mixes fact and fiction, telling a small, personal story set against a larger historical fiction backdrop. Ledger and Roth make a good literary team, two men who are both very similar and very different, both driven to risk their own lives to bring justice (or perhaps revenge?) to a killer. Great stuff for fans of traditional westerns.”―Booklist on Bounty of Vengeance

About the Author

Paul Colt’s critically acclaimed historical fiction crackles with authenticity. His analytical insight, investigative research, and genuine horse sense bring history to life. His characters walk off the pages of history in a style that blends Jeff Shaara’s historical dramatizations with Robert B. Parker’s gritty dialogue. Paul’s first book, Grasshoppers in Summer, received Finalist recognition in the Western Writers of America 2009 Spur Awards. Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory received the Marilyn Brown Novel Award, presented by Utah Valley University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Five Star Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1432834037
• ISBN 13: 9781432834036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 235