Dead Man's Return

Dead Man's Return

Derek Rutherford

Derek Rutherford

How far along the trail of violence and killing can a good man walk before he becomes as bad as those that he is hunting?A terrible fear paralyses the town of Leyton, Texas. On the morning that Sheriff Jack Anderson is to hang a sixteen-year-old boy for a horse theft the boy never committed, Jim Jackson arrives in Leyton searching for the man that betrayed him and sent him to hell for ten years. Is Jack Anderson that man? And how can Jim Jackson exact revenge in a town full of cold-blooded and desperate killers? In the final part of Jim Jackson's story the trail of intrigue and corruption - as well as the body count - rises into the upper echelons of the Texas political system, leading to a violent and dramatic finale that will have repercussions at the highest levels.
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Last One Standing

Last One Standing

Derek Rutherford

Derek Rutherford

I rode out beneath the soft moonlight, with a single intent, to kill a man.' In the Territories one man is more evil and terrible than all others. From murdering Chinese immigrant workers on the Transcontinental Railroad to slaughtering anyone who dares beat him at cards, Moose Schmidt kills and maims or no other reason than to enjoy the surge of control and power it gives him. Callum Johnson's father was killed by Moose Schmidt when Callum was a young boy. Now it is payback time. Teaming up with his father's old Cherokee scout and a beautiful Chinese girl, Callum ventures deep into Moose Schmidt's territory seeking justice and revenge. But Moose Schmidt has eyes and ears across the land. He knows Callum is coming and he is ready and waiting. And determined to have fun killing the young man. Armed with just a six gun and the lessons his father taught him, can Callum and his companions succeed where even the greatest bounty hunters have failed?
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Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

Derek Rutherford

Derek Rutherford

The authorities warned Jim Jackson that if ever set foot in Texas again then he wouldn't get out alive. But Jim is back. Searching for information about old friends incarcerated in the cruel Texas penal system, with intentions to bust them out of wherever they are. When Jim foils a train robbery, he's suddenly a hero and a hunted man. The death toll rises as Jim attempts to outrun both the authorities and the friends of the train robbers he killed. Meanwhile, there's still a prison break to engineer. And there's also the matter of the beautiful and enigmatic Rosalie Robertson?
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