All That Glitters

(Paperback, Large Print Edition)

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Cajun box man known as Duval blows a safe in San Francisco and makes off with sixty thousand dollars in diamonds and precious stones. Insurance Company of North America engages the Great Western Detective League and veteran investigators Beau Longstreet and Briscoe Cane take the case. Partnered with the criminal syndicate El Anillo, the real money from the heist is made selling unsuspecting investors shares in the mine from which the jewels were taken. The investigation crosses and double-crosses from bribery to jailbreak to murder and abduction before the pursuit twists and turns to an explosive climax in the syndicates lair.

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In 1877, legendary Texas badman Sam Bass nets a pretty sum from stagecoach and train robberies in Nebraska and Wyoming, respectively. Rival detective agencies go after him . . . Pinkerton . . . and the Great Western Detective League . . . Wanted Sam Bass is crisply told, with workmanlike attention to minor characters and flashes of humor.--Booklist

Like the first book in the Bounty Series, 2014's A Question of Bounty, this one cleverly and seamlessly mixes fact and fiction, telling a small, personal story set against a larger historical backdrop. Ledger and Roth make a good literary team, two men who are both very similar and very different, both driven to risk their own lives to bring justice (or perhaps revenge) to a killer. Great stuff for fans of traditional westerns.--Booklist on Bounty of Vengeance

1878. A Pinkerton operative signs on with a rival concern just in time to catch a case that will pit him against a resourceful gang of swindlers--and one of his former Pinkerton colleagues. Even non-Western fans...will be beguiled.--Booklist on The Bogus Bondsman

Author Bio

Paul Colt's critically acclaimed historical fiction crackles with authenticity. His analytical insight, investigative research, and genuine horse sense bring history to life. His characters walk off the pages of history in a style that blends Jeff Shaara's historical dramatizations with Robert B. Parker's gritty dialogue. Paul's first book, Grasshoppers in Summer, received finalist recognition in the Western Writers of America 2009 Spur Awards. Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory received the Marilyn Brown Novel Award, presented by Utah Valley University. To learn more visit Facebook @paulcoltauthor