The Shadow of a Noose (Ralph Compton)

Compton, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451193334 ISBN 13: 9780451193339

Publisher: Penguin, 2000

In this Ralph Compton western, the Strange twins find themselves in double trouble...

Young Jed and Tim Strange lost their father to an outlaw's bullet, and now their mother has succumbed to a fatal illness. Unable to farm their land due to a lack of funds, the twins set out to find their sister--who left home to avenge their father's death over a year ago.

Farm life hasn't prepared the twins for the rough-and-tumble cow towns west of Missouri. And before they even begin their search, they're accused of a murder they didn't commit. Just barely escaping a posse's rope, the twins are on the run--wounded, hounded by the law, and desperately seeking the true killers...

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Review:

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 L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend."--The Huntsville Times (AL)

"If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton."--Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX)

From the Back Cover:

THEY LOST THEIR PARENTS... Young twins Jed and Tim Strange lost their father to an outlaw's bullet, and now their mother has succumbed to a fatal illness. Unable to farm their land due to a lack of funds, the twins set out to find their sister -- who left home to avenge their father's death over a year ago.

...AND THEY MAY LOSE THEIR LIVES

Farm life hasn't prepared the twins for the rough-and-tumble cow towns west of Missouri. And before they even begin their, search, they're accused of a murder they didn't commit. Just barely escaping a posse's rope, the twins are on the run -- wounded, hounded by the law, and desperately seeking the true killers....