Book Catalog
A Scheme There Was
In the desert town of Mohave Wells, slow-talking Sheriff Buck Brady spends his days whittling pine and watching trouble drift in on the stage. When a young brother and sister from the East fall into the grasp of ruthless men ruling the boomtown of Lone Mule, Buck’s quiet sense of justice is stirred. A tense Western tale of corruption, courage, and frontier law, this story follows an unlikely guardian whose patience may be more dangerous than any gun.
By Order of Buck Brady
When roundup season ends in the sun-blasted desert town of Mojave Wells, Sheriff Buck Brady—a laconic lawman who'd rather whittle pine shavings than draw a gun—learns that two of the valley's best cowboys have sworn a duel at sundown over the same girl. With rival outfits pouring into the saloons and tempers rising as fast as the whisky flows, Buck nails up a single hand-painted notice that puts every gun in town under his control. But signs alone can't stop two stubborn men determined to settle their feud, and as the sun sinks toward the broken hills, the whole town holds its breath. A classic pulp Western of frontier justice, quiet cunning, and the showdown nobody saw coming.
Too Much Progress for Piperock
When a mysterious interpretive dancer arrives in the rough-edged cattle town of Piperock, the community’s uneasy peace gives way to vanity, jealousy, and comic ambition. As cowboys, husbands, wives, and self-appointed civic leaders vie to prove their sophistication, the frontier settlement finds itself swept into a hilariously ill-fitted march toward modern culture. W. C. Tuttle’s satirical Western tale blends rustic dialect, slapstick energy, and small-town rivalry in a spirited portrait of progress arriving faster than Piperock can handle.
The Taking of Cloudy McGee
In the dusty town of Lost Hills, a nervous bank cashier, a scheming lawyer, and a threatened newspaper editor all find their troubles converging on the rumored arrival of the notorious Cloudy McGee. As mistaken identities, crooked plans, and frontier bravado collide, a simple fear of exposure turns into a comic tangle of bank money, reward notices, and high-stakes deception. W. C. Tuttle’s lively Western farce blends outlaw suspense, small-town satire, and sharp comic timing in a tale where nearly everyone is hiding something.
The Ranch of the Tombstones
When Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens ride into Montana’s Lodge-Pole country looking for work, they find the Tombstone Ranch shadowed by stolen grave markers, bitter feuds, and a reputation no sensible cowhand would envy. A murdered ranch hand, a frightened old cattleman, and a mysterious letter from Boston draw the partners into a trail of suspicion that stretches from lonely range roads to the smoky corners of Caldwell’s saloons. Blending dry frontier humor with hard-boiled range mystery, W. C. Tuttle’s Western tale sends two sharp-eyed drifters into a country where every joke may hide a grudge and every rifle shot may carry a secret.