Bullet Creek

A Ralph Compton Novel

by Peter Brandvold

Signet, August 2005

Navarro, a retired gunslinger, works as a holster at the Bar-V Ranch. He enjoys working for Paul Vannorsdell, but has plans of moving North with the women he loves to open a new ranch and create a new life. Vannorsdell has big dreams too. He wants to buy the Rancho de Cava from an old friend, Don Francisco. Everything seems to being going to plan until Don Francisco is found dead by Bullet Creek. Vannorsdell is suspect number one and soon a war erupts and Navarro finds himself in the middle of a torrent of lead...

This is the second book to feature Navarro and like the first it’s full of action. All through the book Peter Brandvold carefully gives clues as to who killed Don Francisco, only thing is he masterfully points the finger towards a number of different people which makes the book difficult to put down until the truth is revealed.

So a book that reads like a murder mystery yet never looses touch with the fact that it is foremost a western. A book filled with strong characters of both sexes on both sides of the range war. People struggling to survive the violent situation they find themselves in and unmask a killer.

A great read.

Navarro

 a Ralph Compton novel

by Peter Brandvold

Signet, April 2005

Ex-gunslinger Taos Tommy Navarro now works on the Bar-V ranch, but even though he’s trying to forget his past others aren’t willing to let him. Karla Vannorsell, the Bar-V owner’s granddaughter comes to him in a time of need and he turns her away. Now she’s gone missing, hunting for her man, a Mexican vaquero who she intended to marry, a man her grandfather thought beneath her, a man he sent away. Now Karla is out looking for him in a harsh and deadly desert ruled by ferocious Apaches.

Peter Brandvold presents the reader with a fast moving tale that has a tough male lead and an equally tough heroine in Karla. It’s her that will face the strongest challenge, the cruelest lesson, as she discovers that love can mean killing the thing you cherish...

Navarro seems to find himself one-step behind Karla as he attempts to track her down and bring her home. Karla's fate seems set when she’s taken by a group of vicious slavers and imprisoned in an outlaw town. This presents Navarro with impossible odds, a challenge he’s got to take on.

If you want an action packed book filled with a harsh landscape, savage men - and women - and brutal violence all combined in an exciting read then you can’t let this slip by you.

Me? I’m eagerly looking forward to reading Peter Brandvold’s next Compton novel, Bullet Creek, and the return of Taso Tommy Navarro.