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North Of Tombstone Kindle Edition

by Stephen Mertz (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 231 ratings
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TWO OF A KIND!

Bounty hunters JD and Kate Blaze are the two fastest guns in the West. They also happen to be husband and wife!

Their latest manhunt takes them to bullet-riddled Arizona for a bloody showdown involving rustlers, Apaches and a pair of tough hombres named Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. It’s a hell-for-leather gun smoke saga that could be the wildest ride you’ll ever read!

“One of the best adventure writers of our time!” – James M. Reasoner

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088X4BJ81
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wolfpack Publishing (June 3, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 3, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3573 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 231 ratings

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Stephen Mertz

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Stephen Mertz is an American fiction author who is best known for his mainstream thrillers and novels of suspense. His work covers a wide variety of styles from paranormal dark suspense (Night Wind and Devil Creek) to historical speculative thrillers (Blood Red Sun) and hardboiled noir (Fade to Tomorrow). Mertz is also a popular lecturer on the craft of writing and has appeared as a guest speaker before writer’s groups and at universities.

During high school and college, Steve regularly scandalized his “literary, well-intentioned” creative writing teachers with “thud and blunder melodramas.” Throughout military service, travel, and a wide variety of jobs, his goal remained to become a publishing, full-time freelance professional. “It was never a question for me of if, but always when.” His first national sale was to a mystery magazine, and his first novel, a detective thriller entitled Some Die Hard, was published under the pseudonym of Stephen Brett. Another Brett novel followed, as did a string of mystery and suspense short stories.

Steve’s writing output increased dramatically when he emerged as one of the country’s most in-demand writers of adventure paperback novels, averaging four books per year for ten years. His work on Don Pendleton’s Mack Bolan series is regarded by fans as some of the best in that series. He also created the Mark Stone: MIA Hunter and Cody’s Army series, written under the pseudonyms Jack Buchanan and Jim Case respectively.

Stephen Mertz has traveled widely and is a U.S. Army veteran. He presently lives in the American Southwest, and he is always at work on a new book.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2020
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This is a surprisingly good western. I purchased this novel on a whim, not being familiar with Stephen Mertz, and was impressed with the storyline, the fast paced action, and his writing style. I'll return for more of his work... RECOMMENDED
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Fluffy LaRoue
5.0 out of 5 stars I can't put it down. I feel like I'm in another time, but the same place.
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2020
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I love to read, and I liked what I read about the author. I am really enjoying this novel, and I'm glad there's more in the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Review
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2020
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Good book. Husband and wife bounty hunters takes on job to find out who is causing trouble between two ranchers.
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Shana Pare
5.0 out of 5 stars Right clever story!
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2020
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Very entertaining, realistic locales, great characters. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it. It's a quick, easy read.
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Jeannette Byrne
2.0 out of 5 stars Not very well written
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2020
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I have read a lot of westerns, but I only got half way through before giving up. It was not a relaxing read like other westerns. It seemed disjointed. I am surprised an author who has written so many books isn’t more fluid with his writing. Very disappointing.
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HARALD G. HALL
5.0 out of 5 stars worth the time to read
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020
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great story and you should read.
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DD Gott - Donadees Corner
5.0 out of 5 stars Cattle rustling, beef carved up, Indians in the mix, all trails lead to a bloody range war…
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020
Stephen Mertz – North of Tombstone – Reviewed 6-1-20 – Read 5/24/20
Cattle rustling, beef carved up, Indians in the mix, all trails lead to a bloody range war…
On a large ranch to the North of Tombstone, young Chip Baylor is finally home after graduating from an Eastern college. He is ready to take over for his mom. After an accident when a horse spooked by a rattlesnake fell on his mom, she has been confined to a wheelchair. Chips dad passed on the year before from typhoid. With the help of their Segundo, Buck Davis, his mom has had the ranch to run by herself. Even as tough as she is, it was now time for Chip to take over. Chip joins Buck and they ride out together to join the hands working with the herd, Buck splits off to check out some problems in the south 40, so Chip continued and joins up with another hand, Dusty. While they were talking, they spotted two rough-looking cowboys sitting on their horses just a short distance away from them. They rode over to see what they needed. With hardly anything said, two shots rang out and both fell off their horses. Both boys’ dead! The two men rode off…

Meanwhile, southeast of Tombstone, at the end of the rail line at Contention City, just 30 miles from the Mexican border. An outlaw by the name of Twist Turner stepped down from the train. Now of all the people to be standing there was JD & Kate Blaze. Twist knew he was in trouble! JD and Kate were the deadliest gunfighters in the west. They also were husband and wife and the main occupation they had was bounty hunting. They both knew Twist the moment they saw him and now the chase is on…

What did I like? I love westerns and have read many over the years, but I cannot think of one that I have read that had husband and wife bounty hunters. I can think of many that had them working together, but not in this capacity, and not many that were westerns. Sure, lots of them traveling, or ranching, pairing up in some way or another but just not like this, it was astounding! I loved the humor between them, along with the love that they shared. The fearlessness of Kate was just splendid. I guess if I had a chance to time travel to that period, that is what I would like to be, a Kate Blaze, guns, and all… LOL

What will you like? The first thing would be the characters, Kate & JD are just the most fearsome pair. The rest of the characters are surely unique yet are so perfect for the storyline. The storyline includes lots of amazing action, dramatic and emotional content with touches of humor. Beautifully written and remarkably very touching. The action is tremendous with astounding feats performed by many of the characters yet again so right for the perfection of the storyline. The mystery is awe-inspiring bound from one bad guy to the next, plus a jaw-dropping ending rounds out this incredible book. Extremely awesome read and well worth adding to your Western Library.

• File Size: 3573 KB
• Print Length: 165 pages
• Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing (June 3, 2020)
• Publication Date: June 3, 2020
• ASIN: B088X4BJ81
• Genre: Old West History of the US, Men’s Adventure Fiction, Western Fiction Classic
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Bert Brandt
5.0 out of 5 stars The beautiful people are bounty hunters
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2020
I received this book as an ARC for my honest review. When you can get Wyatt Earp and Doc Halliday to be your friends, you know you're doing something right. Especially when they meet bailing out our hero and heroine from an Indian attack. What a way to start a wild ride with range wars, crooked law enforcement, secret plots, and shootouts to spare. And when your heroes are extremely competent and beautiful man and wife, things really get interesting. Keeps the reader wanting more of everything.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read
Reviewed in Canada on November 1, 2020
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OK but could have been better
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L.B.
3.0 out of 5 stars western
Reviewed in Italy on January 20, 2021
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average western story, I recomend it if you have read other stories of the main characters and liked them. The historical characters are well handled by the author.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2020
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Has a fair story to it and plenty of action but not got an ending to it unless there is going to be a follow on
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