Wages of Sin

by Matt Braun, Tom Lord

Overview

In the Wild West, no one messes with Ash Tallman. . .

With outlaws wreaking havoc left and right, a cow town in Texas is on the brink of becoming a ghost town. That's when it’s time to call in Chicago-based Pinkerton agent Ashley Tallman and his partner Vivian Valentine. Going undercover as a handsome, charming drifter, Ash is always ready with his gun and popular with the ladies. And the lovely, vivacious Viv plays the role of a fervent evangelist, offering salvation—with the promise of a sweeter reward—to any sinner who can give her clues to the whereabouts of the man so bent on revenge he gladly kills anyone who crosses his path.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312997861
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/02/2004
Series:	Ash Tallman Series , #3
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	4.12(w) x 6.91(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

MATT BRAUN was a fourth generation Westerner, steeped in the tradition and lore of the frontier era. His books reflect a heritage rich with the truths of that bygone time. Raised among the Cherokee and Osage tribes, Braun learned their traditions and culture, and their philosophy became the foundation of his own beliefs. Like his ancestors, he spent most of his life wandering the mountains and plains of the West. His heritage and his contribution to Western literature resulted in his appointment by the Governor of Oklahoma as a Territorial Marshal.

Braun was the author of forty-seven novels and four nonfiction works, including Black Fox, which was made into a CBS miniseries. Western Writers of America awarded Braun the prestigious Spur Award for his novels Dakota and The Kincaids and the 2004 Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement in Western Literature. Braun passed away in 2016.

Read an Excerpt

"I'm gonna cut your hands off, mister. And you're going to watch the whole thing."

"He'll do it too!" someone in the crowd whispered.

But before the whispering onlooker had said three of his four words, Tallman kicked at Morton's hand and sent the knife sailing. While the stunned woman beater was looking at his empty hand, Tallman kicked the still kneeling hulk square in his jaw. A mist of blood and several teeth erupted from Morton's mouth and he fell back.

To be sure, Tallman walked forward and dug the heel of his boot into Morton's face until the thug stopped moving.

That's when he heard the hammer on a revolver...

Editorial Reviews

“Matt Braun is a master storyteller of frontier fiction.” —Elmer Kelton

“Matt Braun has a genius for taking real characters out of the Old West and giving them flesh-and-blood immediacy.” —Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

“Matt Braun is one of the best!” —Don Coldsmith, author of The Spanish Bit series

“He tells it straight-and he tells it well.” —Jory Sherman, author of Grass Kingdom

“Braun blends historical fact and ingenious fiction...A top-drawer Western novelist!” —Robert L. Gale, Western Biographer

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