Dead Man's Legacy by British author and editor Philip Harbottle (ISFDB, Science Fiction Encyclopedia), based on a manuscript by the late John Russell Fearn (ISFDB, Wikipedia), is his standalone western historical action adventure novel with mystery and f/m romantic elements, where the disappearance of a man incites a mob to burn a rancher's property, possibly with a secret instigator behind it who could be after something valuable which a local cattle dealer takes it upon himself to investigate while getting closer to the beleaguered rancher's beautiful daughter, free courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Pioneering imprint, who are e-printing it from its 2002 edition originally out from Robert Hale's Black Horse Western imprint..
Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
Henry Farraday and his pretty daughter Sally lived peaceful lives before Jack Andrews went missing
Before even the idea of a trial, a mob decides to convict Farraday, burning his ranch to the ground and leaving both him and his daughter with nothing.
Someone was behind the mob.
Someone wants Farraday out of the way and is prepared to do anything to achieve it.
But why?
Is it a grudge, is just plain jealousy?
Or perhaps it has something to do with the abandoned mine lying empty on Farradays land.
Either way, Ken Bradmore, local cattle dealer, is prepared to get to the bottom of it.
It doesnt hurt that getting to the truth means spending more time with Sally Farraday either.
But just when the mystery seems solved, things will take a much darker turn.
Dead Mans Legacy is a tale of buried treasure, true love and the cruel power of greed.
Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
Henry Farraday and his pretty daughter Sally lived peaceful lives before Jack Andrews went missing
Before even the idea of a trial, a mob decides to convict Farraday, burning his ranch to the ground and leaving both him and his daughter with nothing.
Someone was behind the mob.
Someone wants Farraday out of the way and is prepared to do anything to achieve it.
But why?
Is it a grudge, is just plain jealousy?
Or perhaps it has something to do with the abandoned mine lying empty on Farradays land.
Either way, Ken Bradmore, local cattle dealer, is prepared to get to the bottom of it.
It doesnt hurt that getting to the truth means spending more time with Sally Farraday either.
But just when the mystery seems solved, things will take a much darker turn.
Dead Mans Legacy is a tale of buried treasure, true love and the cruel power of greed.