Ralph Compton Straight to the Noose

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

A gambler runs out of luck in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series... Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the Delta Jack, a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn't exactly been going Mason's way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship- mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley's willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back-even threaten Mason's life. Now Mason has a single night to raise all the funds to pay off his debt by completing whatever ominous jobs Greeley has waiting for him. He just has to make it through alive... More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

Reviews

Praise for the novels of Ralph Compton

Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore.Publishers Weekly

Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis LAmour and Zane Greythrilling stories of Western legend.The Huntsville Times (AL)

If you like Louis LAmour, youll love Ralph Compton.Quanah Tribune-Chief(TX)

Author Bio

Ralph Comptonstood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel,The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. Marcus Gallowayis the author of numerous novels in the Ralph Compton series.