Shotgun Charlie

Compton, Ralph (Matthew P. Mayo)

ISBN 10: 0451472381 / ISBN 13: 9780451472380

Published by Signet, 2015

About this Item

The fourth book in the Ralph Compton Novels series.

Seller Inventory # 01123375

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shotgun Charlie
• Publisher: Signet
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451472381
• ISBN 13: 9780451472380
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: 1st Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction - Westerns

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Synopsis

SHOTGUN CHARLIE (prequel to THE HUNTED!)

Big for his age, young and impressionable drifter Charlie Chilton is taken in by the gruff leader of a gang of small-time crooks and ne'er do wells who sees something of himself in kindly, wayward Charlie. But Grady Haskell, ambitious ruffian with a shady past, soon joins the gang, convincing Charlie's friends to pursue a big score. Charlie fails to thwart the crime and the heist turns bloody. As the only gang member caught alive, Big Charlie will soon swing for the crimes.

He makes a daring escape, determined to track down Haskell and the gang and prove his innocence. Hot on Charlie's heels, a mysterious marshal and a posse of angry townsmen track him into the High Sierras, far to the north. Weaponless and with a vicious winter storm closing in, Big Charlie must find the killers and thieves before the seething posse turns vigilante and hangs him high.

About the Author

Matthew P. Mayo is a Spur Award-winning writer whose many books include the novels Winters' War; Wrong Town; Hot Lead, Cold Heart; Dead Man's Ranch; Tucker's Reckoning; The Hunted, and many others. His non-fiction works include Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears; Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks; Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers; Haunted Old West; Jerks in New England History, and more. He roves the highways and byways of North America with his wife, photographer Jennifer Smith-Mayo, in search of high adventure, hot coffee, and tasty whiskey. Visit him on the Web at matthewmayo.com.

Ralph Compton stood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for Best Debut Novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Riders series and the Border Empire series.