Western news - a fistful of novels

Dorchester's lead westerns for the month of February are Andrew j. Fenady's Tom Horn and The Apache Kid.

Geronimo! The mighty Apache chief was the most wanted man in the West. When the U.S. Army turned to the legendary scout Al Sieber to find Geronimo’s hiding place in the Sierra Madre mountains, Sieber knew just the men for the job—Tom Horn and the Apache Kid. No one else stood a chance of finding Geronimo and coming back alive. But the ultimate test of skill, courage—and duty—will come when one old friend must track the other, along a trail that can only lead to death.

And Will Henry's The Blue Mustang

The day young Starbuck found his father murdered, he swore he would have his revenge. He’s never fired a gun in anger in his life, but he’ll have to learn fast if he wants to track down the murderer…and kill him.

Instead Starbuck is facing his own death. A relentless gunman is hard on his trail and closing in quickly. Starbuck could surely use a friend. He has only one—a blue mustang with the cunning and heart of a true fighter.



Penguin books have just issued a mass market paperback of Robert Parker's western, Resolution which is the author's sequel to his successful Appaloosa


The New York Times—bestselling author’s richly imagined work of historical fiction: a powerful tale of the Old West from the acknowledged master of crime fiction.

I had an eight-gauge shotgun that I’d taken with me when I left Wells Fargo. It didn’t take too long for things to develop. I sat in the tall lookout chair in the back of the saloon with the shotgun in my lap for two peaceful nights. On my third night it was different. I could almost smell trouble beginning to cook.

After the bloody confrontation in Appaloosa, Everett Hitch heads into the afternoon sun and ends up in Resolution, an Old West town so new the dust has yet to settle. It’s the kind of town that doesn’t have much in the way of commerce, except for a handful of saloons and some houses of ill repute. Hitch takes a job as a lookout at Amos Wolfson’s Blackfoot Saloon and quickly establishes his position as protector of the ladies who work the back rooms–as well as a man unafraid to stand up to the enforcer sent down from the O’Malley copper mine.

Though Hitch makes short work of hired gun Koy Wickman, tensions continue to mount, so that even the self-assured Hitch is relieved by the arrival in town of his friend Virgil Cole. When greedy mine owner Eamon O’Malley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers and starts buying up Resolution’s few businesses, Hitch and Cole find themselves in the middle of a makeshift war between O’Malley’s men and the ranchers. In a place where law and order don’t exist, Hitch and Cole must make their own, guided by their sense of duty, honor, and friendship.


The Black Horse Western imprint again has a strong list of new westerns appearing this month. Check out their website HERE for some great savings when you order direct. Among others this coming month sees new titles from Chap O'Keefe, Walt Masterton and Tyler Hatch.