The Sudden Guns (A Jared Hawk Western)

Jared Hawk was a gunfighter. His talent for killing was up for hire – if the price was right. His code was simple: stay alive to deliver the goods and collect the dues, and don't step aside for any man.Philip Garrett hired Hawk to take him and his niece, Sarah Lee, through to Los Angeles, but a pack of professional guns blocked the road. Before Hawk reached the City of the Angels all his gun skills were brought to bloody use, and the old California trail was marked with gravestones… The name of William S (Stuart) Brady was used by writers Angus Wells and John Harvey for the series of Westerns featuring gunfighter Jared Hawk. The series (HAWK) ran from 1979 to 1983 with 15 books. The PEACEMAKER series featured ex-Civil War veteran John T. McLain, widowed and alone he seeks a new life in the aftermath of war that has torn his country apart. Jared Hawk was a gunfighter. His talent for killing was up for hire - if the price was right. Hawk had a simple code: kill first and ask questions later. Whenever Hawk took money and given his word he wasn't the kind of man who went back on a promise. From the author of the PEACEMAKER series.