Ralph Compton West of the Law

Name: Ralph Compton West of the Law
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ralph Compton
ISBN: 9781440718953

Author: Ralph Compton, Joseph A. West

Series: John McBride #1

Narrator: Pete Bradbury

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/29/2009

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

A towering legend among chroniclers of the OldWest, Ralph Compton penned searing tales of the highest entertainment. In this fast-paced actioner, Detective Sergeant JohnMcBride gets while the gettin's good when a New York gangster puts a price on his head. But after landing in High Hopes, Colorado, McBride quickly finds that his troubles with the criminal sect are just beginning.

About Ralph Compton

Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. His first novel in the Trail Drive series, 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 Rider series and the Border Empire series. A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist before turning to writing westerns. He died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1998.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

John McBride leaves his comfort zone as a Detective Sergeant in New York city under precarious circumstances and heads west to let things cool down. Out west his troubles overflow. Interesting western reading adventure. I believe this is the first book of three in the series.......more

Goodreads review by Nolan

The author sure makes the main character, John McBride an idiot. Seriously no one can be this stupid and survive.......more

Goodreads review by Renny

the main character in this book has my name.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

My first real foray into the western world of Ralph Compton. I will most likely be coming back.......more