{"product_id":"dead-mans-ranch-9780451236210","title":"Dead Man's Ranch","description":"\u003cb\u003eA son will fight to the death to save his inheritance in this stirring story of the Old West.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years Rory Middleton waited for his long-lost son to return to Turnbull, New Mexico, to run the family's Dancing M Ranch with him. By the time Brian returns, his old man is dead and buried. Although he's named as the rightful heir to the cattle spread in his father's will, Brian's about to find out it's not that simple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrandon MacMawe, Brian's half brother, wants the property for himself--as does the county's wealthiest rancher, Wilf Grindle. Brian's got both hands full fending off these men when a wild card rides into town: a no-account con man and killer named Mortimer Darturo, who has ideas of his own for the dead man's ranch.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMore Than Eight Million Ralph Compton Books In Print \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph Compton\u003c\/b\u003e stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Goodnight Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew P. Mayo\u003c\/b\u003e is a Western Writers of America Spur Award-Winner and a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and his many novels include the Westerns \u003ci\u003eWinters' War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWrong Town\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHot Lead, Cold Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Man's Ranch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTucker's Reckoning, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Hunted\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Shotgun Charlie.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHe contributes to several popular series of Western and adventure novels.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324682440978,"sku":"9780451236210","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d5f6ac9-dc98-4e09-97d7-ff9c3dc96c70.jpg?v=1727670445","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-mans-ranch-9780451236210","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}