Frederick H Christian: 18 books

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2nd in the Sudden series by Frederick H Christian. The Cotton boys owned the town. Nothing moved in or out without their say– so. Drifters weren’t encouraged. Move on, they were told. There’s a lot of lead in the air. All except one moved on. He was a dark- haired stranger who gave the name...

Riverside New Mexico police wanted to pin a murder rap on James Ironheel. He was captured near the scene of a double murder, so it seemed a slam-dunk case. But law officer David Easton has his doubts. And when Ironheel’s lawyer is murdered, and his transfer to a safe-house is compromised it seems...

Stay off the Slash 8 range — or stay on it — permanent!’When Jim Green signed on as foreman of the Slash 8, the smell of range war was already in the air. Then the Slash 8’s owner was bushwacked, and with its back to the wall, Green’s fighting crew made its declaration; Stay off the...

Frank Angel is back!The Department of Justice wanted Yancey Blantine badly! The killer and his renegade crew had wiped out a town and slaughtered everyone in it, before running for the shelter of Mexico. The Attorney-General gave the order to follow Blantine’s trail and bring him in alive. He knew...

The renegades had hit three Army posts. All they took were guns and ammunition: until the last raid. That time they got away with a Gatling gun. Now, somewhere out there, was a gang with enough firepower to take on the United States Army. Find them, the Justice Department told Angel. And stop them.What...

Frank Angel had walked right into a whipsawing, in spite of all his Justice Department training. But he just couldn’t sit in the Silver King and watch while the town marshal cold-cocked a defenseless kid. So Angel shot the gun out of the marshal’s hand. And as a result, he had to face the wildest,...

The town was locked up tight. Hired killers made it unhealthy to ask questions and most people rode clear of Daranga. But three Justice Department men had died violently in the Rio Blanco country and the attorney general wanted the men responsible.He had a sure-fire way of cleaning out cesspools like...

Frank Angel returns in his 5th adventure. When Frank Angel arrived in Madison, the town was abuzz with the news of Marshal Sheridan’s arrest of Burt Hugess, with everyone agreeing that Sheridan was in for a rough ride in bringing him to justice. Angel wanted no part in the impending dangers, but...

George Willowfield learned a long time ago that in life everything had to be paid for. You paid in money, blood, or sweat or time, but you paid.For George, the easiest way was money. So he stole a train and asked the US government for $250,000 to get it back.That’s when Frank Angel stepped in—to...

Lafe Gunnison had passed the word to the homesteaders—quit stealing cattle or take the consequences! Up in the Mesquites, the nesters reacted the only way they knew: they told Gunnison he was a liar and if he showed up in their neck of the woods he’d wind up with a tombstone over his head.It was...

The day Frank Angel shows up in Liberty he’s looking for Harry Culp, a man on the run. Angel doesn’t realize he’s walking into a dangerous situation that has nothing to do with Culp. The threat comes from the corrupt Judge Cranford and the town sheriff, Sherman.When Angel steps in to help a...

The Cullanes owned San Jaime — body and soul. They always had. In San Jaime what the Cullanes said was law, and God help the man who crossed them. So when the capable-looking drifter rode into town and tossed the rulebook out of the window, most of the townspeople ran for cover. But this time Cullane...

The big man knew that with no one left who could connect him with the train robbery, he was almost clear. No one, that is, except Frank Angel, special investigator for the US Justice Department. And Hainin realized that there was no stopping the lawman’s pursuit. He might get away clear with the...