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  • Published: 30 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593102404
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $16.99

Ralph Compton the Trail's End



In this brand-new, suspenseful Ralph Compton Western, a reformed gambler turned lawman races to unmask a murderer.

In this brand-new, suspenseful Ralph Compton Western, a reformed gambler races to unmask a murderer.

After years as a professional gambler—and a deadly shootout on a riverboat casino—Tom Calvert and his young protégé, Asher Smith, have survived an arduous journey across the frontier to Friendly Field, Idaho. The bucolic Quaker community welcomes them with open arms, and soon Tom is courting a widow and learning, to his surprise, to enjoy the quiet life.

Then an elder of Friendly Field is found murdered, and the townsfolk start whispering about the work of the devil. Tom doesn’t believe in the devil, just the evil that men do, and he resolves to solve the gruesome crime before fear causes the people of peaceful little Friendly Field to turn against one another.

  • Published: 30 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593102404
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $16.99

Praise for Ralph Compton the Trail's End

Praise for Ralph Compton

"Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend."--The Huntsville Times (AL)

"Compton may very well turn out to be the greatest Western writer of them all....Very seldom in literature have the legends of the Old West been so vividly painted."--The Tombstone Epitaph

"If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton."--Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX)

"Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore."--Publishers Weekly