This Side of Hell, Brett Cogburn
This Side of Hell, Brett Cogburn
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This Side of Hell

Author: Brett Cogburn

Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/23/2021

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

THE WIDOWMAKER MEETS POKER ALICE.The most famous lady gambler of the Old West teams up with the Widowmaker Jones in a doomed search for lost treasure, a deadly trek through the desert—and a dangerous alliance with the greatest gunslingers in history . . .IT'S A MATCH MADE IN HELL. Card player extraordinaire Poker Alice knows when hold 'em, when to fold 'em, and when to team up with master gunman Newt "Widowmaker" Jones. She's betting on Jones to protect her—and her money—on a treasure hunt in the California desert. Legend has it that a shipwreck is buried in the Salton sands. Some say it's a Spanish galleon that got stuck when the sea ran dry. Other says it's a Chinese junk full of pearls or a Viking ship filled with Aztec treasure. Either way, a lot of very mean and dangerously violent folks would kill to find it. Which is why Poker Annie needs the Widowmaker. In this game, it's winner takes all. Losers die . . .Praise for Spur Award winner Brett Cogburn "Fans of frontier arcana will revel in Cogburn's readable prose and lively characters."—Publishers Weekly on Rooster "Cogburn amazes and astounds." —Booklist

About Brett Cogburn

Brett Cogburn was reared in Texas and the mountains of southeastern Oklahoma. He was fortunate enough for many years to make his living from the back of a horse, where on cold mornings cowboys still straddled frisky broncs and dragged calves to the branding fire on the end of a rope from their saddle horns. Some folks are just born to tell tall tales. Growing up around ranches, livestock auctions, and backwoods hunting camps filled his head with stories, and he never forgot a one. In his own words: “My grandfather taught me to ride a bucking horse, my mother gave me a love of reading, and my father taught me how to hunt my own meat and shoot straight. Cowboys are just as wild as they ever were, and I’ve been damn lucky to have known more than a few.” The West is still teaching him how to write.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laur

This Side Of Hell, by Brett Cogburn was an interesting western tale of historical fiction with some real people of past history. Centering around the search for buried treasure on the dry sea bed sands of the desert, it’s an unfriendly race to find the lost ship with a treasure (if there truly is a l......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

"You have a good horse. Guns. I have a good horse and guns," the Mexican said in a quiet voice. "Maybe we are partners. Nobody would cheat us that way. Que piensas?" "Partners in what? For the last time, where is it you think I'm going?" And then a slow, crafty grin spread across the Mexican's mouth,......more

Goodreads review by Иван

Или прекалих с уестърните на Кобърн, или предишната книга вдигна прекалено високо летвата, но тази ми се стори леко прибързана. Сякаш можеше да мине още една редакция да поизреже тук-там, но това не е основното. Отново имаме вплетени исторически личности от периода, а сюжетът се движи от стара леген......more

Goodreads review by Don

This is no Lonesome Dove. There will never be another Lonesome Dove. What it is.....is a wonderfully, smartly written western with excellent fleshed out characters, good and bad. The story even relies on a popular fantasy trope, the quest, which includes a mixed bunch of characters thrown together i......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

I read this book because it won the 2021 Spur Award for Best Mass Market Paperback Novel. And I found the author to be a good writer much of the time. There are passages that are well written and he’s got a knack for a good turn of phrase. However, my god did this book become a slog to read. The boo......more

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