Massacre at Crow Creek Crossing (A Cole Bonner Western)
Cole Bonner and his partner Harley Branch are returning from the mountains when they come across a young woman whose husband was killed by outlaws. Bonner and Branch take the woman to Cross Creek, where she is taken in by her husband’s parents. Bonner then leaves Cross Creek and goes on the trail of the killers. The death of the woman’s husband brings back memories to Bonner of his family’s murders. Bonner has been trying to track down his family’s killers for several years and get revenge for their deaths.
This novel is the first in the Cole Bonner series. Charles West is the 2018 Spur Award winner for his well-received paperback novel of the West, Hell Hath No Fury. He has authored more than forty westerns, so his knowledge of western lore is impeccable. This novel has a number of twists and turns that make the book an exciting read, while the characters are clearly defined and believable. The final showdown between the outlaws, and Bonner will not disappoint.
