Dark territory

Format:

Book

Title:

Dark territory

Author:

McCauley, Terrence author

ISBN:

9780786043446

Publication:

New York : Kensington Publishing, 2019.

Physical Description:

331 pages ; 17 cm

Series title(s):

Sheriff Aaron Mackey western.

Summary:

A rash of deadly train robberies has the chief investor of Dover Station feeling itchier than a quick draw without a target. And he wants Sheriff Aaron Mackey to scratch that itch with every bullet his battered badge authorizes him to shoot. When Mackey and his backup gun down four kill-crazy bandits, they uncover a plot cooked up by respected citizens of Dover Station.

Subject(s):

Sheriffs -- Fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.

Train robberies -- Fiction.

West (U.S.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

West (U.S.) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Holds:

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Summary

In the boomtown of Dover Station, Montana, tracks have been laid and everyone's looking to make a fortune, lawfully or not. And the law has something to say about it--one bullet at a time . . .

DOVER STATION--WHERE DEATH RIDES FASTER THAN THE WIND

A rash of deadly train robberies has the chief investor of Dover Station feeling itchier than a quick draw without a target. And he wants Sheriff Aaron Mackey to scratch that itch with every bullet his battered badge authorizes him to shoot. When Mackey and his backup gun down four kill-crazy bandits, they uncover a plot cooked up by respected citizens of Dover Station--someone who can pull enough strings to replace Mackey with a disgraced marshal from Texas. Now Mackey's badge may not say much, but his gun defies all fear. Anyone who stands between Mackey and the future of Dover Station is about to become buried in the pages of history . . .

"Hard to put down . . . because of the gritty and stylish narrative, the virtually nonstop action."
-- Publishers Weekly on Terrence McCauley's Sympathy for the Devil

Author Notes

Terrence P. McCauley is an award-winning writer of crime fiction, thrillers, historical fiction and Westerns. His Western fiction debut, Where the Bullets Fly, received a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award and was named Best New Western Paperback of the Year by True West magazine. His short stories have been featured in Thuglit , Spinetingler Magazine , Shotgun Honey , Big Pulp , and other publications. A Spur Award and ITW Award nominee, he is a recipient of the Silver Medal for Historical Fiction from the Military Writers Society of America. He is a member of the New York City chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, the International Crime Writers Association, and the Montana Historical Society. A proud native of the Bronx, New York, he can be found online on Facebook, Twitter or at TerrencePMcCauley.com.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

There are few faults with McCauley's second Sheriff Aaron Mackey western (after Where the Bullets Fly, 2018). With characters true to archetypes Mackey is bent on justice, Deputy Billy Sunday never misses a shot, Katherine Campbell is beautiful and sensible one can't help but notice that all of the other details necessary for a captivating western fall into place. The setting is harsh and evocative; the villain is sufficiently slimy and scheming; and even the violence is gratifying, as the punches are strong and swift and the bullets whiz by close enough to make readers' hair stand on end. The plot progresses with calculated, yet dramatic, twists and turns as Mackey links several deadly train robberies to a scheme that would take over his hometown, unseat him as sheriff, and ruin a generous railway magnate's business. The author manages to craft an ending that will strike the reader's sweet spot between being deeply satisfied and yearning for more. Folks picking up this title will likely seek out the preceding book and will eagerly wait for the next.--Sarah Steers Copyright 2019 Booklist