Hell's Jaw Pass

Name: Hell's Jaw Pass
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Max O'Hara
ISBN: 9781705290521

Author: Max O'Hara

Series: Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective #2

Narrator: A.T. Chandler

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/09/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Western

Synopsis

The building of the transcontinental railroad is the story of America itself. Full of great dreams—and greater dangers—it required bold vision, back-breaking work, and one brave man to stop the baddest of the bad men every step of the way. His name is Wolf Stockburn, railroad detective . . .

NEXT STOP, HELL. ALL ABOARD!

The killers are organized—and ruthless. One by one, they slaughter a railroad crew at Hell's Jaw Pass in Wyoming Territory. No survivors. No mercy. To ensure the rail line's completion, Wells Fargo sends their best detective, Wolf Stockburn, to the nearby mining town of Wild Horse. It's a rowdy little outpost full of miners, outlaws, and downright killers smack in the middle of two of the largest ranches in the territory. It's also as close to the pit of hell as Stockburn has ever been . . .

Train holdups, ranch wars, slaughter—this little boomtown's got it all. Stockburn's not sure he can trust anyone here, even the deputy's daughter. This pretty gal isn't just flirting with Wolf, she's flirting with disaster. And that disaster comes with a hail of bullets, and—before it's all over—a lot of blood on the tracks . . .

About Max O'Hara

Max O'Hara turned to writing after thirty years of working in the construction and trucking industries. He grew up reading the Westerns of Louis L'Amour, Elmer Kelton, Max Brand, Elmore Leonard, and Ernest Haycox, among others. It was Jack Schaefer's 1949 classic Shane that really inspired him. "What Mr. Schaefer accomplished in 176 pages has never been equaled in American Western storytelling," O''Hara says. He lives in the Midwest USA.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on June 11, 2021

Hell’s Jaw Pass by Max O’Hara is suspenseful and full of action. It weaves aspects of action and adventure with a crime thriller inside a western and is the second book in the Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective series. This novel is set in Wyoming in the 1800’s. Wolf Stockburn is a Wells Fargo de......more

Goodreads review by Viv on June 02, 2022

Not enough trains.......more

Goodreads review by Perrin on July 26, 2021

I have identified with this time period for years.. I enjoy learning about the people who were brave enough to strike out on their own to claim land in a very inhospitable territory. Many were good people who wanted a fresh start. There were others who migrated west to leave their reputations behind......more

Goodreads review by Denice on December 23, 2023

In an era where every able bodied person carried a gun for protection and other purposes, maintaining the law was an almost impossible job unless your name was Wolf. I'm a western junkie, reading pretty much any that come my way. Max O'Hara has added a spin to the classic western by introducing us t......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on July 01, 2022

This is the 2nd book in the series. Railroad detective is a great topic for a western series and this one does not disappoint. An upstart railroad company wants to connect to a silver mine, but all of their workers have been murdered. The town marshal is no help. Wells Fargo is hired to find the mur......more