Crime Old West

In the romantic narrative of the Old West, two larger-than-life characters emerged as the perfect foils for each other - the rampant outlaw and the heroic peace officer. Without the villain, sheriffs would not have needed to uphold the law; and without the sheriff, villains would have had no law to break. Together, both personalities fought, lost, and triumphed amid shootouts, train robberies, and bank holdups against the backdrop of the lawless American frontier.

Great value! 5 Book Box Set ONLY 99c! Read FREE on Kindle Unlimited! 5 complete classic western stories full of action, adventure, romance, mystery and intrigue as 5 lawmen bring outlaws to justice. Revenge and retribution lead to truth and justice always prevailing. The collection includes: Ben’s Revenge Abe’s Justice Blake’s Retribution Seth's Vengeance Todd's Vendetta

The Old West is a collection of five western themed stories set in the old west. Come along for an authentic trip through the west, the way it really was. Jimson Jones, Sarah Johnson, The Cowboy, The Farmers Wife, To Hang a Thief An excerpt from: Sarah Jones One starless night, the tranquility of Harmony Creek was irrevocably broken. The rhythmic chirping of crickets was replaced by the terrifying sounds of shattering glass and panicked screams. A nightmare descended upon the peaceful farm. The familiar comfort of home was replaced by a brutal violence, a darkness that would sear itself ...

A fun, high-stakes true crime story story set in the Wild West. Perfect for fans of MONA LISA VANISHES! "Steve Sheinkin is more than an author―he’s a time traveler whose deep research and fabulous writing whisk readers on thrilling rides through history. Kids will be transfixed by this...

Set in 1879, SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION follows the cowboy adventures of Gunfighter Edward Landon as he sets off across the wild west searching for six outlaws he holds responsible for his mother's death. This contemporary action novel features a wide range of western characters, including lawmen, gunslingers, outlaws, Mexican bandits, Indian rebels, and bounty hunters. Andy Munro’s SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION includes realistic characters, historic wild west locations, fast-paced cowboy dialogue, action, mystery and suspense mixed with humour and romance. Synopsis The journey begins as Landon rides his...

American Outlaws: The Bandits, Rebels, and Renegades Who Became Legend They robbed banks, held up trains, and defied the law. Some were killers. Some were folk heroes. All became immortal. The American outlaw is more than a criminal—he's a symbol of rebellion in a nation born from revolution. From the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War to the desperate dust bowl years, these were the men and women who chose freedom over law, adventure over toil, and infamy over obscurity. They lived fast, died young (usually), and left behind stories that grew more fantastic with every retelling. In ...

It is a chill and foggy Twelfth Night, wild with North Sea wind, when a bizarre murder disturbs the outward piece of Rackmoor, a tiny Yorkshire fishing village with a past that proves a tangled maze of unrequited loves, unrevenged wrongs, and even undiscovered murders. Inspector Jury finds no...

Before Butch Cassidy became America’s favorite outlaw, he was a poor frontier boy learning one brutal lesson: honest work did not always lead to a better life. The legend came later. The grin. The charm. The clever escapes. The polished image of the “gentleman bandit” riding free across the West. But beneath that legend was a much dirtier story — one built from poverty, hunger, cracked leather, bad wages, sour cattle camps, stolen animals, and the kind of hard frontier disappointment that could turn a working man into a thief long before the newspapers turned him into folklore. ...

The second in a series of Old West tales, this book follows the adventures of Lonnie as he encounters characters of ill repute, horses of great talent, and founders of old west towns.

A gang of train-robbing brothers. A vigilante army with hemp ropes. And a second act of violence that shocked the nation. In Civil War–era Indiana, the infamous Reno brothers turned rebellion into an art form. From petty cons to the nation’s first moving train robbery, they built a criminal empire fueled by bounty-jumping scams, counterfeit money, and fear. But when the justice system failed, a group of masked vigilantes took matters into their own hands, executing ten members of the gang in three midnight lynchings that blurred the line between justice and murder, and creating an ...

A frontier town is slaughtered. The authorities look the other way. One lawman refuses to. When a remote settlement along the Wild River is wiped out in a single night of bloodshed, the killings are quietly buried and the trail goes cold. Witnesses disappear. Evidence vanishes. And the men responsible expect the massacre to be forgotten. Sam Benbow is a lawman who doesn’t forget—and doesn’t walk away. Sent to investigate what others want left alone, Benbow uncovers a web of lies, intimidation, and violence that reaches far beyond the ruined town. The deeper he digs, the clearer it ...

Step into one of North America’s last outlaw strongholds of the 20th century in this nonfiction book about outlaws in the Old West. Station No. 1 on the Outlaw Trail takes you back in time to the Big Muddy Badlands—a rugged, lawless landscape once known as the Devil’s Playground. The maze of buttes, ravines, and hidden coulees straddled the Canada–U.S. border between Montana and Saskatchewan. This made the area a perfect refuge for horse thieves and cattle rustlers clinging to the dying days of the Wild West. As the frontier closed in, the Outlaw Trail that ran from Canada through ...

A mysterious old mining town from the old west draws the attention of a police squad while a series of murders and bank robberies take place. Sergeant Payne decides to send in Cole Parker, his top homicide investigator. Cole becomes informed of the town's wild west history, and he makes some shocking discoveries. But uncovering a secret passageway, hidden hatchways, and an underground tunnel is just the beginning. He begins to realize that the bank robbers have more of a history than he imagined, and he soon finds himself in dreadful danger.

Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in the saddle with guns blazing in this gritty, intense addition to the New York Times–bestselling series. After hunting down murderer and bandito Captain Alejandro Vasquez, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch...

Discover the remarkable life of Butch Cassidy... Few children dream of growing up to rob banks and hold up trains, and Butch Cassidy was no exception. His transformation from an idealistic ranch hand to one of the most legendary outlaws of the American West was a slow, steady slide into a life of crime, shaped by choices that seemed small at the time but would alter the course of his entire existence.

Thomas Horn Jr. was an infamous figure in the 19th-century American Old West. Cowboy, soldier, government scout, translator, and gunman, Horn’s storied life has become an important part of western folklore. In 1902, he was convicted for murdering a 14-year-old boy after a run-in during a feud with a cattle rancher. The Life of Tom Horn is his life story in his own words, written from prison before he met his fate at the gallows the following year.

Most gunfights in Tombstone did not begin in the street. They began in saloons. Inside smoky rooms where spoiled beer soaked into warped floorboards, gamblers slid crooked cards across sticky tables, and armed men watched each other beneath flickering lamplight. The Wild West we remember is mostly legend. Hollywood shows clean duels in empty streets and heroic gunfighters standing alone against outlaws. But the truth was far messier. Real frontier violence grew out of crowded saloons filled with alcohol, suspicion, wounded pride, and revolvers waiting inches from a man’s hand. In Gunsmoke...

Sam Benbow owes his life to a friend. He intends to repay that debt—no matter the cost. When Sam Benbow learns that his old army comrade Billy Faraday has vanished, he abandons the Kansas cattle trail and rides out to find the man who once saved his life. What he finds instead is a mystery wrapped in silence, fear, and a single twenty-dollar gold piece that raises deadly questions. Billy’s daughter, Elizabeth Faraday, has only two clues to her father’s fate: a brief letter and the coin he left behind. But the gold draws the attention of a crooked banker and his sharp-tongued ...

In late-Victorian London, Minnie Pheby became a scandal: a young woman accused of burglary at a time when breaking into houses was considered a man’s crime. Branded by the press as the “lady burglar”, she was hunted, punished, and turned into a cautionary tale. Catwoman of West London reconstructs her story from surviving records — and reveals what her crimes exposed about class, gender, and the fragile promise of the Victorian home.

Sam Benbow wants out of the killing life. All he wants is land—and a future for his family. When the town leaders of Elk City, Montana promise to help Sam Benbow secure a ranch, he reluctantly agrees to serve as temporary marshal until his brother Buddy returns from a cattle run. With his old cavalry friend Skofer Haavik at his side, the job seems simple enough: keep the peace, break up drunken brawls, and pin up a few Wanted posters. Then trouble rides into town. Two suspicious drifters arrive, followed closely by Cain King—a notorious bounty hunter dragging a dead outlaw behind his ...