Marshall Grover

Biography

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", "Marshall Grover" "Ward Brennan" and "Glenn Murrell".

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Series

Larry and Stretch
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.

Books

Larry and Stretch 18: Don't Count the Odds
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 33,690. Language: English. Published: November 2, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
When the odds were the greatest Larry and Stretch, those trouble-shooting Texans, were at their formidable best. They were ambushed and wounded by a proddy posse of volunteers. First Larry made his break, then Stretch broke out of the Ketchtown calaboose. The Texas drifters were reunited for the final showdown with the lawless - a company of bank robbers masquerading as clergymen.
Larry and Stretch 17: Texan in my Sights
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.
Big Jim 12: The Hour Before Disaster
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,690. Language: English. Published: September 14, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
The most powerful man in the territory coveted beautiful Selma Garfield. With her wedding to Nathan Page only a few days distant, Big Jim Rand rode into San Rafael and discovered that the bridegroom was an old army acquaintance. The big man stayed to play bodyguard to Nathan against Garfield and his hired guns. The canyon walls soon echoed the sound of gun-thunder in the final confrontation,
Larry and Stretch 16: Face the Gun
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
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.
Big Jim 11: One Thousand Dollar Target
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 38,190. Language: English. Published: June 30, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Was this to be the last ride of Big Jim Rand? The killers awaited him dead ahead. Others rode directly behind him. And a desperate woman risked her life to give Jim a fighting chance of survival. The elusive and badly scared Jenner, had posted bounty on him. As well as the professionals, a trio of inept amateurs invited themselves to the ruckus, injecting humor into an otherwise grim situation.
Larry and Stretch 14: Lone Star Fury
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!
Big Jim 10: League of the Lawless
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,490. Language: English. Published: April 30, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Big Jim is on the trail of his brother’s killer. When he rides into the town of Frankston in Northwestern Kansas, he soon finds himself on the trail of a gang of merciless desperadoes. For a disguise, those outlaws were using the uniform of the U.S. Army. He plays them at their own game dressed in a suit of sober black; he toted a Bible in one hand, a long-barreled Colt .45 in the other.
Larry and Stretch 13: Follow the Texans
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.
Big Jim 9: The Valiant Die Fast
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,000. Language: English. Published: February 28, 2018 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The Utah border meant safety for the six gunmen who had looted the Delandro bank and ended the career of a veteran lawman. Between the outlaws and that haven stood Kell Garrard, son of the murdered sheriff, and Hurst, the dead sheriff’s loyal deputy, the grinning Benito Espina, And lastly the tall, tough and formidable Jim Rand the relentless avenger. All out to stop the outlaws by whatever means.
Big Jim 8: Devil's Legend
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 38,100. Language: English. Published: December 29, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
The threat of sudden death hung over Ortega. The distraught mother of an executed killer had put a curse on the jury that convicted him. All twelve would die, she vowed. Three had already died, when Big Jim Rand and the itchy-fingered Benito Espina arrived Was the curse working? Rand refused to believe in witchcraft. He challenged a cunning conspiracy to fight in a conflict of fists and .45s.
Big Jim 7: No Escape Trail
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 37,760. Language: English. Published: October 31, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Clay Morrow was bored. His rebellious instincts compelled him to ride out and soon his trail crossed that of the desperate men who conspired to attack and loot an army supply wagon. In the moment of crisis, the adventurer was thrown together with a veteran manhunter, the astute, courageous Jim Rand, and that bucktoothed bravado from south of the border, Benito Espina.
Larry and Stretch 11: Lone Star Valiant
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 12: Colorado Pursuit
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 8: The Fast Right Hand
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
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.
Big Jim 6: Killer's Noon
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,350. Language: English. Published: August 30, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Tascosa, New Mexico ... a town in which many a man played a double game, watching, waiting for an explosion of violence that would signify the end of a lawless intrigue. Into Tascosa, hunting a back-shooting killer and a gang of counterfeiters, rode Big Jim Rand, the relentless manhunter. With him came Benito Espina, the busiest pickpocket north of the Rio Grande.
Larry and Stretch 9: Close in for Showdown
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.
Big Jim 5: One Man Jury
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 35,720. Language: English. Published: July 1, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Big Jim Rand’s search for the murderer of his brother brought him to Alvarez County. Big Jim was befriended by Ruth Harnett and her father, who had begun wreaking havoc with the Talbot Stage Line. Big Jim had to appoint himself judge, prosecutor and jury to challenge and defeat a quartet of deadly desperadoes.
Larry and Stretch 7: Never Prod a Texan
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
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.
Big Jim 4: Gun Sinister
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,980. Language: English. Published: April 30, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Cadiz City, a town where violence smoldered and flared. Sarina Hale’s legacy was a powderkeg with a naked fuse—the sealed diary of the hard-boiled woman who once operated the town’s rowdiest house of entertainment. To keep his guilt a secret, one was prepared to kill—and this was the man who would have to face the indomitable Big Jim and Benito Espina.
Larry and Stretch 6: Texans Walk Proud
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
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.
Big Jim 3: Gun Trapped
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,860. Language: English. Published: February 28, 2017 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
Big Jim Rand didn’t plan on becoming the guest of honor at a shotgun wedding, but this was what the roughneck Gillery brothers had in mind when they kidnapped the tall avenger and his sidekick—little Benito. To add to Big Jim’s troubles, outlaw Pete Holbrook and his cutthroat crew were closing in on the Gillery ranch, preparing to kidnap or murder the high-spirited Lucy Rose Gillery.
Larry and Stretch 4: Nomads FromTexas
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
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.
Big Jim 2: Meet Me in Moredo
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 36,320. Language: English. Published: December 31, 2016 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Western
When the thieves attacked the northbound train, there was violence and bloodshed. Big Jim Rand was aboard the train. The leather-tough ex-sergeant of the 11th Cavalry hoped to find his quarry in Moredo. Instead, the hunter saw his brother’s murderer taking an active part in the hold-up. The gun-fast manhunter had to declare war on all twelve of the raiders—and the consequences were violent.
Larry and Stretch 2: Arizona Wild-Cat
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!
Big Jim 1: The Night McLennan Died
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 37,090. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2016 by Piccadilly. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
The bullet that killed Chris Rand sounded the death-knell to one career and started another for the tall, tough and relentless Jim Rand -- the man they called Big Jim. To strife-torn Libertad, a trouble-town on the Arizona-Mexico border, came Big Jim, hunting his brother's killer. It was inevitable that he should become involved in the struggle for power in Libertad.
Larry and Stretch 1: Drift!
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!

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