Desperate Rider

by Frank O'Rourke

Vintage paperback

127 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1970

About the author

Frank O'Rourke was an American writer known for western and mystery novels and sports fiction. O'Rourke wrote more than 60 novels and numerous magazine articles.

Born in Denver, Colorado he attended Kemper Military School. A talented amateur baseball player, he considered trying out for a professional team, but was called up for service in World War II. At the end of the war he decided to become a writer.

Several of O'Rourke's novels were filmed, The Bravados (1958) was the first, and his novel A Mule for the Marquesa was made into a popular movie called The Professionals (1966).

Later in life, O'Rourke turned to writing children's literature. He committed suicide on April 27, 1989.

In addition to his actual name O'Rourke also wrote under the following names: Kevin Connor; Frank O'Malley and Patrick O'Malley

Reviews

[B.G. Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not to many twists and turns in this one,but it didn't matter because the characters were well built and the dialogue was good enough to keep me engaged.There were some great passages about prison and how it can affect a person's overall attitude.theres also a chapter where peyote is used to manipulate someone.That's all I'll say there ,so as to not spoil it fer ya.This was my second O'Rourke,and I'll be reading more.