ShootOut at Sugar Creek, Max Allan Collins
ShootOut at Sugar Creek, Max Allan Collins
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Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek

Author: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Unabridged: 6 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/27/2021

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Inspired by the timeless westerns of John Wayne and the hardboiled heroes of classic crime fiction, bestselling legends Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins turn up the heat on their tin-star tough guy Caleb York—in a gun-blazing showdown with two women ranchers calling the shots . . . It starts with an abusive, drunken young scoundrel who resists arrest, holds a barmaid hostage, and gets what he deserves from the blazing .44 of Sheriff Caleb York. The New Mexico lawman doesn't regret taking such deadly action, but the late youth's powerful mother, cattle baroness Victoria Drummond, seems bound to feel differently. To York's surprise, Victoria takes the news with stoic resignation—all she asks of him is a favor: help her convince Willa Cullen—the love of Caleb's life—to sell her the spread that Willa's late father had carved out of the wilderness. Willa, every bit as strong-willed as her rival, refuses to give up her land without a fight. Sheriff York anticipates an ugly showdown brewing with himself in the dangerous middle. And before he can stop it from escalating, the seductive cattle queen sends an army of hired guns to Sugar Creek, the sole source of water available for Willa's herd. York finds himself caught in the crossfire of a savage shoot-out between Willa's cowboys and Victoria's gunfighters. No matter who wins, it's going to be a bloodbath. . . . In a climax in the tradition of Spillane's classic I, the Jury, York must face a beautiful deadly female who promises heaven but intends hell, while the devils in her employ plan to remove Caleb York from God's good earth.

About Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. He is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller thrillers and the graphic novel Road to Perdition, basis of the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks. His innovative Quarry novels led to a 2016 Cinemax series. He has completed a dozen posthumous Mickey Spillane mysteries, and wrote the syndicated Dick Tracy series for more than fifteen years. His one-man show, Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life, was an Edgar Award finalist. He lives in Iowa.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blair on April 11, 2023

Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek is the sixth book in the Caleb York series. This book follows the conclusion of the Big Die-Up. Willa Cullen’s dead cattle have poisoned the only water source on her property. At the same time, her nefarious but beautiful neighbor refuses to uphold the unwritten agreement to......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on February 26, 2022

This sixth book in the Caleb York series directly follows the events of book #5, Hot Lead, Cold Justice, in which a killer blizzard swept across the Southwest putting lives and whole ranches in peril. Trying to recover from that experience has proven no easy task. Wealthy widow and cattle baroness,......more

Goodreads review by Edwin on April 27, 2021

The popular Spillane/Collins team ups have proven to be terrific stories and the Caleb York books that take place in the Old West are no exception. Every entry in the six book series has been special. Although you may expect York to be Mike Hammer in the Wild West, the lawful Caleb York is actually......more

Goodreads review by Glen on April 09, 2021

After The Big Freeze, all the ranches and farms in Trinity are hurting. A rich female rancher comes in from Colorado, and starts buying up all the smaller ranches. She owns the water rights to the Silver River. All the other big sources of water are fouled by dead beeves. The rich woman's son is a re......more

Goodreads review by David on April 13, 2021

Caleb York is considering staying in Trinidad, NM as the sheriff/marshal of the area. He finds himself in the middle of a dispute by new rancher Victoria Hammond, and his girl Willa Cullen. Can he keep their people from killing each other? Another good outing by Max Allan Collins. I am really liking t......more