Quick on the Draw by the late British author Gordon Landsborough (
Wikipedia,
Fantastic Fiction), a prolific and pioneering multi-genre pulp fiction writer and publisher, is his vintage standalone historical western action adventure novel, this one starring a hapless man who is experiencing an almost comical string of bad luck (wrongfully imprisoned! deserted! betrayed! unemployed! mistaken for murderer! held up by his own brother's gang!) who may possibly be able to turn his life around for the better, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Pioneering imprint.
This was originally published in 1953 by Ward, Lock & Co using the pseudonym Alan Holmes. We've previously received this novel free in 2016 as part of
Shooting to Kill: A Wild West Omnibus combined edition.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
Glenister McCreedie was never a lucky man.
Imprisoned for a crime he never committed, deserted by the woman he loved and betrayed by his own family.
His bad luck seems to be running out when he is released early from prison and finds a job on the railroads.
But it doesn’t last long.
First he gets into a fight with a man who turns up dead.
Then, while still on the run, his train is held up by his own brother’s gang.
Then he somehow manages to offend the railroad boss’ daughter, the beautiful Elizabeth.
With the fates out to get him, Glen has to use all his wits and strength to take control of his own destiny.
Will that be enough to see him through, or will his past catch up with him before he gets a chance?
Quick on the Draw is a hard fighting story of the Old West, where lives were cheap and danger was great.