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A Time for Hanging    by Bill Crider
Price: $2.99 USD. 54740 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 11, 2010. .

Lizzie Randall, the preacher's daughter, is murdered. The men of the west Texas town are set on lynching Paco Morales, a Mexican teenager who happened to be in the vicinity. In the end justice is served. The list of suspects grows to include almost everyone in the story...
Amazing Tales of St. Lawrence Neighbourhood in Old Town Toronto    by Bruce Bell
Price: $4.99 USD. 42910 words. Published by Frank Touby  on September 16, 2010. .

Children were hanged, women without husbands had little choice but to prostitute themselves, clergy and ruling families cruelly dominated a lusty, oftentimes unruly population. The seamy and the sacred united to form one of the world’s great cities: Toronto. Telling its tales is famed local historian Bruce Bell, a uniquely skilled and deeply emotional storyteller.
Widow    by Kit Prate
Price: $0.99 USD. 2740 words. Published by Western Trail Blazer on October 5, 2010. .

A grief stricken woman walks the streets of town among the soldiers' widows, dark cloak a barrier to prying eyes. An Indian who massacred many of the "Blue Coats" is to be hanged today. What secret does the widow hide beneath her cloak?
The Gallows Pole    by M. Shaunessy
Price: $3.00 USD. 35140 words. Published on October 19, 2010. .

When three friends arrive in Clayton, New Mexico, Their vacation turns south when Gabe is accused of murder. Now he faces the gallows pole unless his friends comes up with $1,000 within 4 days. Second Edition
A Gruesome Christmas    by Bridget Squires
Price: Free! 2410 words. Published on December 25, 2010. .

Jeff takes a walk on Christmas day to celebrate life, but something lies in wait within the tangled snow covered trees, something that will changes a variety of lives view of Christmas forever. Based on a true story
Methods of Execution    by Sascha von Bornheim
Price: $4.99 USD. 5300 words. Published on January 27, 2011. .

Methods of Execution lists and describes the different ways in which humans have put each other to death throughout history. It is recommended reading for anyone with an interest in the death penalty, the macabre, or for fans of horror or gore movies.
The Joker's Play    by Major Mitchell
Price: $5.99 USD. 52680 words. Published by Shalako Press  on March 4, 2011. .

Marshal Clay Best is forced to take a beautiful widow as a partner in order to rescue a kidnapping victim. "Non-stop action in a Texas setting described so well you can feel the heat. Major and Jerry Mitchell bring this novel alive. You don't want to put the book down...a real page turner." Phil Mills, Jr., author of "Where A Good Wind Blows."
Never Too Late    by WIll Welton
Price: $3.99 USD. 41810 words. Published on April 5, 2011. .

Never Too Late Finding out his brother had been hung as a horse thief; Jim went to find out who had framed his brother. Several men had formed a grange. They were determined to take over the cattle range of the Box L ranch. The lady and her brother were trying to run the ranch when her brother was bushwhacked. Then the cattle were being brazenly stolen by the grange members.
The Doña    by Major Mitchell
Price: $6.99 USD. 121100 words. Published by Shalako Press  on May 9, 2011. .

She to California as a young bride in an arranged marriage. Now she owns seventy-five square miles of property bordering the Mokelumne River where gold has been discovered. They want her land and will stop at nothing, even if it means her murder. Mitchell’s research of the customs and traditions of the mining towns and the ranchos gives The Doña authenticity.” The Modesto Bee
Nathaniel's Bloodline    by Peter Blakeborough
Price: $2.99 USD. 127060 words. Published on September 24, 2011. .

A novel about Australian First Fleet convicts and their families. Nathaniel's Bloodline is based on historical events in the earliest days of convict settlement in New South Wales. It is also about fair-dinkum Aussie battlers chasing their dreams, and running from gangsters and corrupt lawmen.