Bøger udgivet af FIVE STAR PUB

"These eight stories range in length from flash fiction to novella. In 'Incident at Blue Nose Creek,' an investigator pursues a suspect for the serial murders of three saloon girls. In 'Visitors in Cantera,' the narrator receives a visit from questionable relatives. In 'In the Breaks,' a girl goes deer hunting with her grandfather and has to fend off unwelcome advances from a young man. In 'Man of Trees,' a homesteader helps solve the murder of an old hobo. In 'Night Horse,' a man is killed when his plan to avenge his brother's death is thwarted, and the narrator has to fight for his life. In 'Darkness in Burnett,' the main character leaves Burnett, but his conscience compels him to return and help find the killer. In 'Buckskin Ruby,' a flashy stranger goes to work for a grading crew and exposes a murderer. In "Next to the Last Chance," a ranch hand wants to get out of the criminal way of life, as does the gang leader's woman, but the odds are against them"

A golf course on a swamp? On a prison grounds? Yes and yes -- and joined by courses built by millionaires, played by champions and designed by experts. From the crazy to the classy, "Fore! Gone. Minnesota's Lost Golf Courses, 1897-1999" revives more than 80 abandoned layouts, many of them long-forgotten. Ever heard of Roadside Golf Club?

"In 1901 Kansas, newlyweds Jocelyn and Pete Pladson are determined to make Nickel Hill Ranch a successful cattle operation. For that to happen they must stop cattle rustlers who constantly plague their herd, defy a crazed woman with murder in her eye, and fight fire. A decision about two homeless youngsters who've landed on their doorstep and into their hearts is the easy part"--

"In 1879, the notorious horse thief Doc Middleton rules the Niobrara rough country west of Holt County, Nebraska, with a loose affiliation of young outlaws, dubbed the Pony Boys. Albert "Kid" Wade, August John, Windy Barnes, Boots Harper, and a dozen other amoral roughnecks spent their days stealing horses, raising hell, and generally having the time of their lives. But nothing lasts forever, and the unorganized territories west are succumbing to complaints from settlers and the Indian agencies alike. What happens to the Pony Boys when law and order lands hard-and ruthless-at the end of a rope? As Doc struggles with change, and Kid Wade fights white-knuckled against it, young Augustus "Gus" John faces the most important challenge of his life. A challenge sure to tear at the fabrics of loyalty and friendship, rending the Pony Boys apart forever. A fictionalized account of Doc Middleton and the Pony Boys' decline during the historical summer of 1879, Richard Prosch weaves a tapestry of rough and tumble adventure laced with sentiment and introspec"--

"U.S. Marshal Nelson Lane tries to evict Lucky Graber, a failed Wyoming rancher, when a dead man is found on Lucky's land, killed in a hunting accident. The victim, Gino Bonelli, took an interest in Lucky's ranch, though the land is supposedly worthless. Then Lucky disappears, and the victim's gangster brother Bruno arrives in town with his thugs. Before long, it's clear the "hunting accident" was staged, and other people around Gillette-including the owner of the bank that foreclosed on Lucky-are highly interested in this "worthless" real estate. Maybe enough to kill over. Will Lucky surface? And will Nelson discover who killed Gino and why before Bruno and his thugs avenge Gino's death in their own harsh way?"--