Ambuscade

by Frank O'Rourke

John Norcross is determined to follow Pablo Lovato in hopes that he will lead Norcross to the men who murdered his brother-in-law

Genres: Westerns

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Frank O'Rourke was an American writer known for western and mystery novels and sports fiction. O'Rourke wrote more than 60 novels and numerous magazine articles.

Born in Denver, Colorado he attended Kemper Military School. A talented amateur baseball player, he considered trying out for a professional team, but was called up for service in World War II. At the end of the war he decided to become a writer.

Several of O'Rourke's novels were filmed, The Bravados (1958) was the first, and his novel A Mule for the Marquesa was made into a popular movie called The Professionals (1966).

Later in life, O'Rourke turned to writing children's literature. He committed suicide on April 27, 1989.

In addition to his actual name O'Rourke also wrote under the following names: Kevin Connor; Frank O'Malley and Patrick O'Malley

Reviews

[Josh Hitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a murder mystery since you know early on all about the robbery and the murder. Think of it like a western version of Columbo or Murder She Wrote, the story is how the main character is going to figure out what the reader already knows. It's very well written with entertaining characters and a nice pace.

Highly recommended. Not a typical western, again more like a mystery tv show but well done.

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was OK. It was a little hard to read. The author over explained and over detailed things. He also used a lot of bog $.5o cent words and used a lot of obscure Mexican names and word that made it hard to follow the story line. I got a little bit more used to it as the book went on. I think I was getting a little bit used to his stile, but still hard to stay with.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent western--great character insights.