Download or read book The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman written by Edward Gorman and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a slightly retarded fifteen-year-old girl dies on a school trip, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and his friend psychologist Alex Delaware are stumped. There's no sign of a struggle and no evidence of sexual assault. Just an innocent young girl -- dead. Alex finds himself ensnared in one of the most menacing cases of his career.
Download or read book Trouble Man written by Ed Gorman and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spur Award-Winning Author ED GORMAN "Simply one of the best western writers of our time."—Rocky Mountain News Ray Coyle used to be a gunfighter. One of the best. He had built quite a name for himself throughout the West. Then he packed it all in and got an honest job in a travelling Wild West show, giving sharpshooting exhibitions. It wasn't much, but at least he could try to put his past behind him. He tried for ten years. But when he got word that his boy had been killed in a gunfight in Coopersville, he just had to go there—to bring the body home, if nothing else. But there were a lot of guilty consciences in Coopersville, folks who knew that when the old gunfighter stepped off the train, he was bringing something else with him...trouble.
Download or read book Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales written by Ed Gorman and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most original thriller writers around." —Kirkus Reviews DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEAD AND OTHER TALES A mysterious and beautiful girl who teaches arrogant young men about true love A lonely traveling salesman who learns that his passenger is death Children who can absorb the psychic pain of their parents A desperately pursued serial killer who hides his face under gauze in a hospital room A woman who loves the alien infant nobody else wants These stories and ten others make up the new Ed Gorman collection Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales, stories that have earned him such accolades as "One of the most original writers in crime fiction today" (Kirkus) and "One of the world's great storytellers" (Million, UK). Here you'll find the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction award and caused Mystery News to say of his previous collection: "A powerful, disturbing, often poetic collection filled with writing that is a model of clarity and right narrative control."
Download or read book Disgrace to the Badge and Other Western Stories written by Edward Gorman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Fictioneers Library is proud to present this powerful new collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed Western authors of all time. Ed Gorman's deeply moving stories of courage and tragedy in the Old West feature compelling writing, vivid characterization, and rawhide-tough authenticity. A DISGRACE TO THE BADGE AND OTHER WESTERN STORIES features the following tales: "A Disgrace to the Badge", "Killer in the Dark", "A Good Start", "A Small and Private War", "Death and Trooper Monroe", "Deathman", and the nostalgic article "On Roy Rogers". Read these stories and you'll see why Ed Gorman is hailed by readers worldwide as one of the very best!
Download or read book Cage of Night written by Ed Gorman and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is Jim Thompson meets Stephen King." (Mysteries and More) In the deep woods, a well. In the well, a Voice. . . . The Voice speaks of lust, and blood, and murder to any who listen. Under the spell of Cindy Brasher, almost any young man will listen. In its first general release, here is Ed Gorman's underground classic of dark suspense--"An amazing noir like no other," declares Duane Swierczynski. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine describes Gorman as "one of suspense fiction's best storytellers." Bestselliing author Dean Koontz adds: "Gorman's writing is strong, fast and sleek as a bullet."
Download or read book Ride into Yesterday written by Ed Gorman and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on 1992 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spur Award-Winning Author ED GORMAN> STIRRING UP TROUBLE When Stephen Payne rode into Favor to investigate the death of his younger brother, Art, he figured he'd have his work cut out for him. The rumor spreading through town was that Art had robbed a stagecoach and then hanged himself. Art had a history of trouble, so he might have committed the robbery—but suicide? Stephen had his doubts. Favor was a town on the downside of a small silver boom, a town full of secrets. But Stephen owed it to his kid brother to cut through the secrets—and the lies—no matter what the cost. "Simply one of the best Western writers of our time." —Rocky Mountain News
Download or read book Black River Falls written by Edward Gorman and published by Leisure Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would want to kill a beautiful young woman like Alison, and why? But whatever happened, 19-year-old Ben Tyler swore he would protect her. It hadn't been easy for Ben, the boy the other kids harassed. But then Ben found Alison and at last things were going his way. Until the day he learns a secret so ugly that his entire life is changed forever.
Download or read book A Century of Great Western Stories written by John Jakes and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-06-23 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents western stories by both legendary and contemporary authors of the genre, such as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Loren Estleman, Marcia Muller, and Bill Pronzini.
Download or read book Relentless written by Edward Gorman and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2003 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his wife is accused of murder after a dark secret from her past is unearthed, U.S. Marshal Lane Morgan must race against time to unmask the real killer and clear his wife's name. Original.
Download or read book Bad Moon Rising written by Ed Gorman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of a wealthy young woman in 1960s Iowa sparks backlash against a hippie commune in this mystery by the New York Times–bestselling author. Iowa, 1968. A hippie commune has invaded the small Midwestern town of Black River Falls. While the majority of the townspeople believe the bohemians, despite their bizarre ways, have the right to stay, there are some who constantly accuse the newcomers of everything from criminal activities to Satanism. Tensions boil over when Vanessa Mainwaring, the teenage daughter of one of the town’s wealthiest men, is found murdered in the commune’s barn. Lawyer and part-time investigator Sam McCain soon finds himself in the middle of the controversy. When a troubled young Vietnam vet named Neil Cameron is immediately charged with the crime, Sam has his doubts. As Black River Falls comes apart at the seams, it’s up to Sam to keep the fragile peace while searching for a vicious killer. “The kind of hero any small town could take to its heart.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
Download or read book The Day the Music Died written by Ed Gorman and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1950s Iowa, a murder-suicide forces a lawyer to put aside his rock-and-roll grief Sam McCain loves Buddy Holly because he’s the only rock-and-roll star who still seems like a dweeb, and Sam knows how that feels. With the unrequited love of his life at his side, Sam drives more than three hours through the snow to watch his idol play the Surf Ballroom. That night, Buddy Holly dies in the most famous plane crash in music history, but Sam has no time to grieve. Because there are too many lawyers in this small town, Sam makes a living as a PI, doing odd jobs for an eccentric judge—whose nephew, it seems, has a problem only a detective could solve. His trophy wife has been murdered, and as soon as Sam arrives, the nephew kills himself, too. The police see this as a clear-cut murder-suicide, but Sam wants to know more, diving into a mystery that will get dangerous faster than you can say “bye-bye, Miss American Pie.”
Download or read book Daughter of Darkness written by Edward Gorman and published by D A W Books, Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping, psychological thriller in the best tradition of film-noir, this is the story of a rich but mentally and emotionally troubled young woman, who, in an evening she can't remember, may have stabbed a man to death. It's also the tale of the former cop -- now a part-time cab driver/and would-be horror writer -- who is determined to prove her innocent. But the truth which his investigation eventually reveals is so shocking that it will be almost impossible to prove. For the true criminal is someone she trusts implicitly, someone who is about to wreak the ultimate revenge -- someone who has tampered not only with the truth but with his innocent victim's very mind.
Download or read book Death of a Translator written by Ed Gorman and published by Arcadia Books. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war" P. J. O'Rourke A young, devil-may-care Englishman reporting on the Soviet war makes a fateful commitment to a swashbuckling Afghan guerrilla commander. Not only will he go inside the capital secretly and live in the network of safe houses run by the resistance, he will travel around the city in a Soviet Army jeep, dressed as a Russian officer. Waiting in the mountain camp, from where Niazuldin's band of fighters lived and planned their hit-and-run attacks on Soviet troops, Ed Gorman discovers what it means to experience combat with men whose only interest is to be killed or martyred. After that summer in Kabul province the young freelancer became a staff reporter for The Times, covering conflicts in Northern Ireland, the Gulf, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Balkans, but Afghanistan never let him go. Death of a Translator is a searingly honest description of a mind haunted and eventually paralysed by the terror of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. "Death of a Translator is a powerful and personal read. Ed Gorman discusses his experiences in an incredibly open and moving way. His story is an example to us all" - Brigadier Ed Butler CBE, DSO
Download or read book Lawless written by Ed Gorman and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spur Award-Winning Author ED GORMAN YOU CAN RELEASE A MAN FROM PRISON BUT CAN HE FREE HIMSELF FROM HIS PAST? After a long stretch in Yuma prison, Sam Conagher gave up his dreams of becoming a legendary outlaw. The town of Templar seemed like the place to begin a new life, especially since Sam's old cellmate lived there as a Bible-thumping sheriff. So he settled there and made a fresh start. It isn't long before Sam has a new dream—to marry his employer's daughter and garner some recognition among the well-to-do. But when he discovers a secret plot targeting his newfound love, Sam must choose between his old loyalties and his new future... “Simply one of the best Western writers of our time” —Rocky Mountain News
Download or read book The Dark Fantastic written by Ed Gorman and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ED GORMAN Bestselling Author of Shadow Games “Gorman’s writing is strong, fast and sleek as a bullet. He’s one of the best.”—Dean Koontz Seventeen stories. Seventeen slices of terror. Seventeen trips into the shadows. Whether it takes place in small town America, a lonely highway at night, the near future, or the Old West, the real setting of each tale is the realm of nightmare, the place where imagination and fear reign. "A master storyteller."—Dallas Morning News No one knows this eerie realm more intimately than Ed Gorman, award-winning author and master of dark suspense. Now, for the first time, his greatest tales of horror and the unknown are collected in one volume, a compendium of the fantastic and the terrifying, the chilling and the grotesque. Brace yourself as you get ready to experience ... THE DARK FANTASTIC With a Special Introduction by Bentley Little "One of the most original thriller writers around."—Kirkus "Gorman is a class act. He's up there with Dean Koontz and Thomas Harris."—Crime Time (UK) "Gorman knows exactly how to keep the reader on the edge of his seat."—Science Fiction Chronicle
Download or read book Jason Evers written by Frank Roderus and published by Leisure Books. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it was in the wilderness or in a town, Jason learned to stay alive any way he could. And that meant he had to murder a few people. Now he wants folks to know his side of the story--how a boy became a man and how a man became a killer.
Download or read book Shadow Games written by Edward Gorman and published by Leisure Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of "Trouble Man" and "Ride Into Yesterday" comes the story of a former celebrity who tries to overcome his past mistakes and stage a comeback. What he gets instead is a trip more terrifying than anything in the movies. Also included in this book is the novella "The End of It All", soon to be a TV movie.
