Free (Kindle) Feud Valley Showdown by Denis Hughes [Deadly Homecoming Western]

[ATDrake]

Feud Valley Showdown by the late British author Denis Hughes (ISFDB, SFE) is his vintage standalone western historical action adventure novel, this one the tale of a Federal Marshal returning home to find it burned, with his sister missing and his brother-in-law dead, and himself mistaken for the murderer for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, discovering he must riskily uncover what's really going on in the deadly feud between two men before it escalates into a range war, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Pioneering imprint.

This was originally published in 1955 by Herbert Jenkins using the pseudonym Ken Kester.

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
A deadly rivalry…

Only the smoking ruins of the Gallanz homestead remain when Degard arrives on what was supposed to be a vacation visit.

His sister Beth is missing and his brother-in-law, Rod Gallanz, lies dead, charred and unrecognizable.

The only clue is a locket, left strangely intact by the fire, with a picture of a man Degard’s never seen before.

Attracted by the fire, Sheriff O’Rory rides up and, accepting Degard’s presence as proof of guilt, arrests him.

Degard figures he’ll be let out once his status as a Federal Marshal is made apparent. But he soon realises he’s stumbled into a live-wire situation.

Hanging Butte is in the middle of a range war, caught between the stubborn Duke Corville and Ben Sanders.

Gallanz was a Corville man and the Sanders lot are out for blood.

Degard escapes a lynching by mere seconds, thanks only to the lucky arrival of Sue Corville, Duke’s niece.

Determined to find Beth, Degard sees the only way to find her is get to the bottom of Feud Valley. Call it instinct but Degard knows that there’s more to this feud than meets the eye.

But with tempers at a knife-edge and both sides willing to declare a full-on war, Degard has to tread carefully.

Can Degard stop a showdown from happening in the valley before it’s too late?

Feud Valley Showdown is a thrilling novel, perfectly mixing suspence, mystery and full-blooded action.

[Dr. Drib]

"Hanging Butte".......hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.