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Smoke wagon / by Cogburn, Brett,author.;
It's 1873 and the Katy Railroad is hell-bent on laying the first set of tracks through Indian Territory, but things have stalled out at a little place called Ironhead Station. The railroad has hired a new chief of police, a man named Morgan Clyde, but the gambling crowd is giving three-to-one that he'll be dead by the end of the week.
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Western fiction.; Railroad police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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High iron [large print] / by Ballard, Todhunter,1903-1980.(CARDINAL)125447;
Subjects: Large print books.; Western fiction.; Train robberies; Railroad police;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Badlands buccaneer [large print] / by Ballard, Todhunter,1903-1980,author.(CARDINAL)125447;
"To an outlaw like Joel Kelly, a fat payroll would be irresistible. So the railroad detectives baited their ambush carefully. Sacks bulging with gold were loaded on the train. Then the news was ⁰́₋leaked⁰́₊ so Kelly would hear it. But, in addition to the bullion, armed agents disguised as passengers were planted in the cars. This time, Joel Kelly -- the West's most notorious buccaneer -- would be cut down in a murderous crossfire of singing bullets. But Joel Kelly knew exactly what the detectives had planned"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Western fiction.; Large print books.; Train robberies; Outlaws; Railroad police;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective / by O'Hara, Max,author.;
"The newspapers call them the Devil's Horde. A well-oiled team of cutthroat bandits who terrorize the Northern Pacific Railway on route to the coast through Dakota Territory. They dynamite the tracks, blow open the express car door, murder the crewmen, rob the passengers, and empty the safe of gold and cash. If Wells Fargo & Company can't find a way to stop the Devil's Horde, there'll be hell to pay . . .Enter Wolf Stockburn. A tall rangy Scotsman who dresses like a gentleman but shoots like a cowboy, Stockburn learned his craft from a legendary gunfighter--and honed his skills as a Pony Express rider through hostile Indian country. Now the veteran Wells Fargo's detective will ride the rails from coast to coast. Make sure the train and its passengers reach their destination safely. And take down the Devil's Horde--one by one, bullet by bullet--the devil be damned . . ."--FantasticFiction.com.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Railroad police; Outlaws; Train robberies;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Kill Red [large print] / by O'Hara, Max,author.;
"Riding the rails across America's uncivilized and unpredictable western frontier requires true grit. For Wolf Stockburn, Railroad Detective, it takes a keen eye, quick draw, and dead aim to protect passengers from the most dangerous outlaws in the west -- or avenge them . . . Red Miller is more than a thief and a killer. He robs banks and trains not just for the money, but to spit in the eye of every badge-toting lawman who dares enforce law and order. He surrounds himself with only the deadliest of desperadoes -- and takes a perverse pleasure in deadly bloodshed. Five of those people have banded together. They have all lost something to Red's murderous rampage. There is no place in America or Mexico where the bandit and his gang can hide from their vengeance. And they're led by Wolf Stockburn, Wells Fargo detective and a dead shot who knows that sometimes justice comes only from the barrels of smoking guns."--
Subjects: Western fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Railroad police; Revenge; Violent offenders; Criminals;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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End of the line / by Hitchens, Bert,author.; Hitchens, Dolores,1907-1973,author.(CARDINAL)713459;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250)."Farrel and Saunders, two railway cops, couldn't be more different. Farrel, the older bull, remembers the Lobo Tunnel wreck all too well. Saunders, young and inexperienced, figures that there is nothing left to learn about the six-year-old case. But their boss figures otherwise, and sends them out to dig up new evidence. Which is how they find themselves chasing down some of the accident victims who benefited the most. There's the blind physicist--did he really lose his sight in the wreck? And the crippled ballerina--she and her husband built a ranch with their settlement money, but did she really lose the use of her legs? And the former train conductor--why, after all this time, is he sending his teenage daughter on crazy wild-goose-chases to collect on an old debt? Saunders figures that they're chasing old leads for nothing, but Farrel has always thought that something didn't add up here. And now they're in a small desert town at the end of the line--on an old trail that leads right back to the beginning"--Page 4 of cover
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Railroad police; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Railroad accidents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Death in the tunnel / by Burton, Miles,1884-1964,author.(CARDINAL)753665; Edwards, Martin,1955-writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)345124;
Includes bibliographical references."On a dark November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling alone in the 5 o'clock train from Cannon Street, in a locked compartment. The train slows and stops inside a tunnel; and by the time it emerges again minutes later, Sir Wilfred has been shot dead, his heart pierced by a single bullet. Suicide seems to be the answer, even though no reason can be found. Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard thinks again when he learns that a mysterious red light in the tunnel caused the train to slow down. Finding himself stumped by the puzzle, Arnold consults his friend Desmond Merrion, a wealthy amateur expert in criminology. To Merrion it seems that the dead man fell victim to a complex conspiracy--but the investigators are puzzled about the conspirators' motives, as well as their identities. Can there be a connection with Sir Wilfred's seemingly untroubled family life, his highly successful business, or his high-handed and unforgiving personality? And what is the significance of the wallet found on the corpse, and the bank notes that it contained?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Railroad travel; Police; Police; Police.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Blood on the tracks / by Nickless, Barbara,author.(CARDINAL)629777;
"A young woman is found brutally murdered, and the main suspect is the victim's fiancé, a hideously scarred Iraq War vet known as the Burned Man. But railroad police Special Agent Sydney Rose Parnell, brought in by the Denver Major Crimes unit to help investigate, can't shake the feeling that large forces are behind this apparent crime of passion. In the depths of an icy winter, Parnell and her K9 partner, Clyde--both haunted by their time in Iraq--descend into the underground world of a savage gang of rail riders. There, they uncover a wide-reaching conspiracy and a series of shocking crimes. Crimes that threaten everything Parnell holds dear. As the search for the truth puts her directly in the path of the killer, Parnell must struggle with a deadly question: Can she fight monsters without becoming one herself?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Fiction.; Murder; Railroad police;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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One way to Boot Hill / by O'Hara, Max,author.;
On a mission of honor and vengeance, Wells Fargo detective Wolf Stockburn trails the outlaws responsible for a train robbery that left two guards dead and teams up with a beautiful half-Comanche hellcat in a Mexican ghost town where bad men end up dead.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Railroad police; Brigands and robbers; Murder;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Dead stop / by Nickless, Barbara,author.(CARDINAL)629777;
"The search for a missing child leads a courageous railway cop down a twisted trail of murder. It's been five months since Special Agent Sydney Parnell survived a violent confrontation with a gang of brutal thugs, an encounter that left her physically and emotionally scarred. Deep down, Sydney fears she isn't ready for another investigation. But when a woman is murdered on the train tracks and a child goes missing, she knows she's the only one who can lead the hunt for the killer. While Denver police and the FBI chase down blind alleys, Sydney focuses on a single cryptic clue left behind at the crime scene--one that will send her down a path of greed, violence, and long-ago love. With Denver beset by a series of monsoonlike thunderstorms that threaten to flood the city, Sydney and her K9 partner, Clyde, must wade through a murky trail of murder that stretches back thirty years--all to rescue a child...and catch a killer with a long memory and an insatiable appetite for destruction."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Missing children; Railroad police; Police dogs;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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