West of the Law

by Ralph Compton, Joseph A. West

With a price on his head, Detective Sergeant John McBride heads to High Hopes, Colorado, where he gets on the bad side of a corrupt saloon owner, who imports opium and Chinese slave girls, and his gang of brutal outlaws, while trying to protect a beautiful card dealer. Original.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 2, 2007

About the author

Ralph Compton (April 11, 1934—September 16, 1998) was an American writer of western fiction.

A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton began his writing career with a notable work, The Goodnight Trail, which was chosen as a finalist for the Western Writers of America "Medicine Pipe Bearer Award" bestowed upon the "Best Debut Novel". He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. In the last decade of his life, he authored more than two dozen novels, some of which made it onto the USA Today bestseller list for fiction.

Ralph Compton died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 64. Since his passing, Signet Books has continued the author's legacy, releasing new novels, written by authors such as Joseph A. West and David Robbins, under Compton's byline.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/ralphc...

Reviews

[Peter Charleston · Rating 4 out of 5]

John McBride leaves his comfort zone as a Detective Sergeant in New York city under precarious circumstances and heads west to let things cool down. Out west his troubles overflow. Interesting western reading adventure. I believe this is the first book of three in the series.

[Nolan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author sure makes the main character, John McBride an idiot. Seriously no one can be this stupid and survive.

[Renny · Rating 3 out of 5]

the main character in this book has my name.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first real foray into the western world of Ralph Compton. I will most likely be coming back.