Ralph Compton A Wolf In the Fold

I liked this book so much I’m sad that I didn’t buy other books by this author! You can definitely tell that the author knows what he’s doing and knows how to keep readers engaged. He’s like John Grisham for westerns, you hang on every word and you’re entertained the whole way through. I haven’t rea......more

Lucius Stark is a hired killer. $500 before the job and $500 after. One doesn’t pay him the last 500 after the job they are the ones who die also. He is hired to kill family. Kills a couple of them, some lawmen, some town people. Not a nice guy. He ends up going up against a woman who is as bad as h......more

I’m not sure what I expected going in, but I definitely didn’t expect it to be this damn good.......more

I haven't read a western like this where the main character is so vicious. Rather a unique idea which earns bonus points from me.......more

This book appears to be one of those "dead author's notes ransacked by publisher" things; which is not to say it's bad, but it's unclear how much of this story is the big-name author and how much is fill-in by the substitute. The book itself is more from the "spaghetti western" morally grey school of......more