Oakley M. Hall

Sharpshooter Clay Blaisedell is called to Warlock, a wild frontier town, to restore order, but the more he tries to fix the town's problems, the more the town plunges into chaos all around him. Reprint.

Warlock

A story set in the Grand Canyon country of the 1880s examines the conflicts of the day between railroad barons and conservationists, Mormons and Gentiles, whites and Indians, men and women, and man and nature

Separations

Like a muse for the writer, Oakley Hall thoughtfully leads us past the sinkholes of cliches, flat prose, and self-conscious writing and guides us toward the magic of vivid and original storytelling. ...An essential resource for any writer -- beginning, published, or just plain stuck. -- Amy TanOakley Hall cites the works and methods of such great novelists as John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates, Leo Tolstoy, Agatha Christie and Milan Kundera to show readers what works in the novel, and why. This book features advice on taking a novel through each of its stages, from the beginning of an idea to The End, and guides writers through the process of writing a novel.

The Art and Craft of Novel Writing

World-famous journalist Ambrose Bierce investigates the disappearance of a Hawaiian princess and is plunged headlong into a world of intrigue and mystery surrounding the court of Hawaiian royalty living in San Francisco. By the author of Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades. Reprint.

Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings

Consulted by a wealthy client whose mistress has been scandalously photographed, Ambrose Bierce and his sidekick, Tom Redmond, follow a trail that pits them against a ruthless pornography ring. 10,000 first printing.

Ambrose Bierce and the One-eyed Jacks

The arrival in San Francisco of three beautiful young suffragists could be linked to the murder of Reverend Divine, a famed advocate of spiritualism, the female vote, and temperance, and Ambrose Bierce and Tom Redmond join forces to investigate a possible dark side to the three girls--free love, a harem, and some of San Francisco's leading citizens with dark pasts to hide.

Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls

In a fifth installment of the series featuring the outspoken newspaperman, Ambrose Bierce and his associate, Tom Redmond, investigate a shooting that has resulted in the death of the star of a famous touring wild west show, a case involving a vengeful train robber and opium abuse.

Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots

A portrait of writer Ambrose Bierce and a glimpse of life in 1880s San Francisco mark a mystery in which newspaperman Tom Redmond investigates a series of murders of women, leading him to conspiracies involving the railroads and state politics. Reprint.

Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades

Para olvidar su pasado y una terrible tragedia familiar, Andrew Livingston abandona Nueva York y se dirige a Bad Lands, un áspero territorio en Dakota. Seducido por la grandeza del paisaje y por las expectativas de riqueza con el boom ganadero, Livingston se establece en unas tierras que otro hombre también ansía y se ve envuelto en un fuego cruzado de odio y codicia. En Bad Lands, la única ley es la que surge del cargador de un revólver y Livingston irá comprendiendo quién controla en realidad este vasto territorio salvaje a través de violentas incursiones nocturnas, linchamientos y asesinatos. Oakley Hall, el celebrado autor de Warlock, novela publicada en esta misma colección, explora el corazón y el alma del Oeste Americano en esta dramática e inolvidable historia de un hombre forzado a luchar por su vida en un territorio tan peligroso e indómito que su propio nombre se ha convertido en leyenda.

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