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  • Published: 5 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780698180789
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
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Ralph Compton Straight to the Noose



A gambler runs out of luck in this rousing Ralph Compton western.
 
Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the Delta Jack, a luxurious riverboat. But things haven’t exactly been going Mason’s way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley’s willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back—even threaten Mason’s life. 

Now Mason has a single night to raise all the funds to pay off his debt by completing whatever ominous jobs Greeley has waiting for him. He just has to make it through alive....

  • Published: 5 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780698180789
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
Categories:

About the authors

Ralph Compton

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 the USA Today bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Rider series, and the Trail Drive series, among others.

Praise for Ralph Compton Straight to the Noose

"Lovers of Louis L'Amour-type westerns will welcome a new paperback series written by Ralph Compton."
--Nashville Banner
"Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore."
--Publishers Weekly
"If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton."
--Quanah Tribune Chief