Leonard Frank Meares was an Australian writer of western fiction. He wrote over 700 Westerns for the Australian paperback publishers Cleveland and Horwitz using the pseudonym "Marshall McCoy", "Marshalll Grover" "Ward Brennan" and "Glenn Murrell". Among his most famous characters were "Larry & Stretch", Larry Valentine and Stretch Emerson. In the Nordic countries they were known as "Bill & Ben". He introduced Larry and Stretch in Drift!, his tenth books for Cleveland.

Larry and Stretch

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Newest
Title Rating
Larry and Stretch 17: Texan in my Sights by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 35,130. Language: English. Published: September 28, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
New Strike—a boom town where two overworked lawmen fought hard to maintain the peace, until Larry and Stretch, the West’s toughest trouble-shooters, rode in to challenge the rowdies, the card-sharps, the plotters.This was to be a fight to the finish. A tinhorn had been murdered and, unless the Texans could unmask the killer, the wrong man might hang. Lone Star Hellions would never back down.
Larry and Stretch 16: Face the Gun by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 34,050. Language: English. Published: August 16, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Bayone County was about to elect a new sheriff, and Larry & Stretch had their own ideas as to who most deserved the coveted badge. They also had a personal score to settle with a vengeance-hungry killer who kidnapped a cattle baron's daughter and held her for ransom. Fists fly, guns roar, and they are at it again, sharing the dangers that confront the deputy destined to become a tin star deputy.
Larry and Stretch 15: Find Kell Wade by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 34,650. Language: English. Published: July 6, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Here is a new challenge for the quick-witted Larry Valentine, a new reason for the hard-fisted Stretch Emerson to risk life and limb. In Nebraska they are hunting for the elusive Kell Wade. Was he saint or sinner, law-abiding citizen or dangerous desperado? They are determined Wade is going to be found and no one - not with words, not with deceit, nor with guns are going to stop them.
Larry and Stretch 14: Lone Star Fury by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 33,250. Language: English. Published: May 31, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
At Omaha, Marshal Jefford escorted a captured outlaw to the Laramie calaboose, and an already complicated situation became fraught with intrigue, danger, the threat of sudden death. Here are Larry and Stretch, the West's toughest trouble-shooters, trigger-fast best, risking their lives in a violent showdown. And Death rides the rails right alongside them!
Larry and Stretch 13: Follow the Texans by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 33,780. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
In Arizona, six soliders and two civilians had been wantonly murdered. A shipment of rifles hijacked. The county law officers were becoming desperate. As quietly as a raging Texas tornado, Larry and Stretch arrived. The West's rowdiest troubleshooters were buying into a grim intrigue ready to risk their lives in a fight to the finish against the forces of lawlessness.
Larry and Stretch 12: Colorado Pursuit by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 34,230. Language: English. Published: October 31, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Larry and Stretch are in hot pursuit of a owlhoot pack of bandits to prevent the theft of a bank's strongbox. The West's busiest troubleshooters have to mix it up with a jilted railroad guard, one of the clumsiest Texas Ranger and a salty ranch girl who hankered to tangle with a horse thief. Ignoring the risks they still plunge headlong into danger!
Larry and Stretch 11: Lone Star Valiant by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 34,190. Language: English. Published: October 31, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
One of the Lone Star Hellions imprisoned, wounded and helpless. The other on the loose, and ready to fight every outlaw in northern Nevada for the sake of proving his partner’s innocence. This was the situation that threw Finn County into uproar. Stretch had to assume the role of hero, and impersonates the star of Rowdy Rufe’s Frontier Show, with hectic and sometimes hilarious consequences.
Larry and Stretch 8: The Fast Right Hand by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 33,650. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Larry and Stretch, the West’s most overworked trouble-shooters, rode into the tomb-silent main street of Three Springs, South Nevada. They hadn’t time to cool their saddles before the violence flared and, once again the Lone Star Hellions found themselves in the thick of a suspense-filled adventure, spiked with intrigue and the threat of sudden death.
Larry and Stretch 10: Texas Gun Ghost by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 33,390. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
The town of Fortuna offered no warm welcome to the Lone Star Hellions and three desperate men and four frightened women left to die in the arid heart of the Big Amarillo. Also in need of shelter were the infamous Cleave Elrigg and his cohorts—escapees from the Pima Valley Prison, all determined never to be recaptured. The climax, an explosion of violence and mayhem, echoed to every corner of town.
Larry and Stretch 9: Close in for Showdown by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 34,480. Language: English. Published: July 31, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
From the moment they crossed the line and entered Beck County, Larry and Stretch were fated to risk their lives in a bloody battle with the lawless. Carew Canyon—a rich prize—was thrown open for a land-rush, and the West's toughest trouble-shooters were caught in a web of intrigue, forced to ride in the roughest, most grueling race known to man.
Larry and Stretch 7: Never Prod a Texan by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 33,520. Language: English. Published: June 1, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
A whip-crack was the overture and gun-thunder was the finale to another wild and hilarious escapade of the hard-punching, fast-shooting hell-raisers from Texas. Larry and Stretch came to Horton County for peace and quiet, but found intrigue, danger and gun-trouble. The Texans played it quiet—until the final shooting showdown.
Marshall Grover Double Edition #1: Drift! / The Night McLennan Died by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $1.60 USD. Words: 75,180. Language: English. Published: May 25, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Drift! features Larry Valentine and Stretch Emerson escorting a beautiful redhead many a violent mile to give her testimony in court. Only the boss-outlaw had been captured. The rest of the Sharkey gang was still at large ... and gunning for her!. The Night McLennan Died has Big Jim Rand and Benito Espina hunting Big Jim's brother’s killer. Double the action. Double the adventure.
Larry and Stretch 6: Texans Walk Proud by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 35,200. Language: English. Published: April 30, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Somebody wanted Larry and Stretch dead. They didn’t know who. They didn’t know why. Riflemen sniped at them from the windswept peaks of the high country. A knife was hurled through an open window to miss Stretch Emerson by mere inches. And Larry Valentine was trapped in a burning shack by anonymous assassins.
Larry and Stretch 5: Ride Out Shooting by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 34,910. Language: English. Published: March 30, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
The battle of Moon Mountain might have been the Texans’ last fight. Their luck had run out, but they were still defiant, as tough as ever, and a force to be reckoned with. The West’s rowdiest trouble-shooters are up to their Texas ears in violence, intrigue and sudden death. Once again, the fists fly and the guns roar; the lawless get more than they bargained for, in a hectic fight to the finish.
Larry and Stretch 4: Nomads FromTexas by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 35,620. Language: English. Published: February 28, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Larry Valentine could never turn his back on a mystery, or a fight. With Stretch Emerson as his willing shadow, and a New York journalist as interested observer, hard-hitting Larry once again proves that outlaws can’t win, when they challenge the Lone Star Hellions. Once again, the Nomads from Texas find, themselves involved in danger, intrigue and sudden death.
Larry and Stretch 3: Ride Wild to Glory by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 35,450. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
The Box 7 boss was ready to drive a pay-herd into Montana Territory, and the unscrupulous Cole Banning was determined to take the herd off his hands—the hard way. Larry and Stretch - the Lone Star Hellions found themselves battling ten bloodthirsty rustlers, two thousand stampeding steers, more than a score of hired killers, and eight beautiful women. The Texans were back in business.
Larry and Stretch 2: Arizona Wild-Cat by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,520. Language: English. Published: December 29, 2016 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Larry and Stretch couldn’t stand by and see the honest citizens of Widow’s Peak swindled by the unscrupulous Jay Endean. The boss-thief was selling worthless railroad stock, and courting Tess Hapgood—the girl they called Arizona Wild-Cat. With fast guns, hard fists and Lone Star luck, the Texans declared war. They were two against many but were in this fight to win, or die trying!
Larry and Stretch 1: Drift! by
Series: Larry and Stretch. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 38,020. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2016 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
With Larry Valentine and Stretch Emerson as her escort, a beautiful redhead ran the gauntlet of death to give her testimony. Only the boss-outlaw had been captured. Others of the Sharkey gang was still at large and gunning for her! Here was a challenge no Texan could ignore. When the danger was greatest, the drifters battled on, out-shooting the lawless and thumbing their noses at law and order!