O'Brien 5: The Deadly Dollars

by Ben Bridges

FROM THE PEN OF AMAZON KINDLE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WESTERN WRITER BEN BRIDGES COMES ... THE DEADLY DOLLARS A mad-dog killer running loose up in the Rockies … a bank robbery that ended in death … a fortune in stolen greenbacks … and three hanged men swaying gently in the breeze … They were all elements in a bizarre mystery the like of which professional adventurer Carter O’Brien had never encountered before. Up until a hidden sniper damn’-near killed him, all he’d wanted was to ride on to his next job in nearby Jackson’s Peak, but it looked like somebody else had other ideas. Suddenly he was up to his neck in something deadly. Why had people started dying all around him? Who was the bushwhacker and his sinister Oriental sidekick? And why had they picked on him? Almost before he knew it, O’Brien found himself riding a dangerous trail of deadly dollars in order to find the answers. Too bad he didn’t know he was being watched every step of the way … "Not just an excellent western, but a real conundrum of a mystery that I defy anyone to solve!" -- Mike Stotter, author of McKINNEY'S REVENGE and DEATH IN THE CANYON

100 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 28, 1990

About the author

For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a writer, but it was my Dad, Henry Whitehead, who really fostered my interest in the west. As a security man employed by a large chemical company, he often found himself working the nightshift by himself, and to pass the long, lonely hours he would hand-copy pictures from old Buffalo Bill Annuals and then fetch them home for me to colour in.

During the day, Dad also made up western stories and dictated them into our old reel-to-reel tape recorder, so that I could listen to them when I got home from school. He even added sound effects as he went along, wiggling his fingers in a bowl of water to give the impression of outlaws fording a shallow stream, or bursting balloons to simulate gunfire. So it's really no wonder that I eventually developed such an interest in the west.

As I grew older, I started reading just about every western I could lay my hands on. I began with J T Edson's Floating Outfit novels and eventually moved on to the Larry and Stretch westerns of Marshall Grover (a.k.a. Leonard F Meares). Along the way, I also started writing westerns of my own, the adventures of Clint Jones, Railroad Detective, being among the earliest.

Reviews

[D. E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A BB. Wyoming Western Action Adventure (TDD) (AOBWB - 5)

BB. has penned a Wyoming western action adventure titled, "The Deadly Dollars" which begins with CB taking some time off and visiting friends far away from his roaming area. He is in the foothills of the Rockies visiting an old Sheriff buddy who puts him up to tackle three men and they almost trap him but he avoids the trap and finds the location of their hideoute a gang of men that were hitting small towns with counterfeit money. He travels after three men and determines they are the ones at fault. The three men ambush CB when he enters the house and he finally walks away with the records of the counterfeiters. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS

[Peter Charleston · Rating 3 out of 5]

an enjoyable read for those who like westerns.