Killing Time

The hangman's rope!Jared Hawk stank of death. It hung about him like gunsmoke and the sour smell of drying blood. He thought he'd take life easy for a while: enjoy whisky and women and nothing more. Leave his Colt .45 in its greased holster.But things turned bad and he took a job riding herd on a prisoner due to be hanged. It should have been simple...Before Hawk could earn his four hundred dollars and the hangman could settle his rope around the killer's neck, Hawk's gun was back in action and the stench of death hung in the air. The name of William S (Stuart) Brady was used by writers Angus Wells and John Harvey for the series of Westerns featuring gunfighter Jared Hawk. The series (HAWK) ran from 1979 to 1983 with 15 books. The PEACEMAKER series featured ex-Civil War veteran John T. McLain, widowed and alone he seeks a new life in the aftermath of war that has torn his country apart. Jared Hawk was a gunfighter. His talent for killing was up for hire - if the price was right. Hawk had a simple code: kill first and ask questions later. Whenever Hawk took money and given his word he wasn't the kind of man who went back on a promise. From the author of the PEACEMAKER series.