The Death Riders

by Jackson Cole

Hell was bustin’ loose in Texas! For months the range country had smoldered with hate. Ranches had been set afire, cows rustled, blood spilled. And no-one knew the identity of the night-raiding killers. No one knew because they had no faces...only grinning skull bones where human flesh should be. Into this fear-crazed land came Texas Ranger Jim Hatfield, ignoring the murderous warning that the Death Riders handed him. There was a moment of terrible calm while the forces of violence gathered. The like an erupting volcano, trouble exploded. Gun trouble—shooting trouble—killing trouble!

Genres: Westerns

167 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Jackson Cole är en pseudonym för ett antal västernförfattare som skrev för det amerikanska tidningsförlaget Better Publications (senare Standard Magazines). Namnet användes bl a för författaren bakom romanerna om karaktärerna Walt Slade och Jim Hatfield. De verkliga författarna var A. Leslie Scott, Peter B. Germano och Tom Curry. /Swedish wikipeda

Translated;
Jackson Cole is an alias for a number of different Western authors writing for Better Publications (later Standard Magazines). Name was amongst others used for the books about the charachters Walt Slade and Jim Hatfield. The real authors were A. Leslie Scott, Peter B. Germano and Tom Curry.

Reviews

[Edwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jim Hatfield, Texas Ranger, goes undercover while investigating some troubling reports of outlaw rustlers wearing luminous skull masks that have been terrorizing ranchers and townsfolk. Like most good pulp Westerns this one is an easy and entertaining read, well written and plotted with a nice few surprises and it’s all tied up neatly at the end with Hatfield revealing his identity and then methodically describing how he was able to solve the mystery, much like a Golden Age Mystery detective. Like so many pulp Westerns it ends with a planned wedding. I found it a fun and comfortable read - perfect for a cold and snowy day in January.

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fine western with a mystery plot as well. It’s a fast read that I enjoyed very much.

[Todd Holland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. A lot of killing and the characters are written well and speak as if they are cowboys.

[Dan Panke · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the poorest westerns I have ever read.