The Man From Cheyenne

Lassiter wants Diana Kelly for the money she can bring him … Wells Fargo wants Lassiter so they use Diana to bait a trap.With Wells Fargo's legal killers snapping at his heels, he figured it was time he headed north to Wyoming-and rested up for a spell. But it wasn't that easy. Things never are simple-or easy-for Lassiter. Because Lassiter is the kind of man who finds trouble wherever he goes. This time there was big trouble and big money and a beautiful woman-all the things Lassiter lives for. Lassiter steals and kills and you might just mistake him for a born killer. The truth is-Lassiter kills people to stay alive. And that's exactly what Lassiter plans to do-to stay alive no matter what it takes. Lassiter-like it or not-is a new breed of Westerner. Peter J. McCurtin was born in Ireland on 15 October 1929, and immigrated to America when he was in his early twenties. Records also confirm that, in 1958, McCurtin co-edited the short-lived (one issue) New York Review with William Atkins. By the early 1960s, he was co-owner of a bookstore in Ogunquit, Maine, and often spent his summers there. His westerns in particular are distinguished by unusual plots with neatly resolved conclusions, well-drawn secondary characters, regular bursts of action and tight, smooth writing. If you haven't already checked him out, you have quite a treat in store.McCurtin also wrote under the name of Jack Slade and Gene Curry. When Lassiter wants something he takes it. When people get in his way he kills them. It's a simple way of doing things, but Lassiter likes it. It works for him.