Cost of a Killing

By Ralph Cotton

Book Overview

In a hail of thunder and gunfire, Jeston Nash fled a New Orleans billiards hall with a land deed in one hand, a blazing pistol in the other. He'd won his gamble with Quick Quintan Cordell fair and square. But in seconds, violence flared, Cordell lay dead, and Sheriff Pat Garret's promise still rang in Nash's ears ... somewhere, someday, they would meet again .... Jeston Nash learned about robbery from his cousin, Jesse James. But it was the wild outlaw Billy the Kid who taught him that even a wanted man is just a man. Nash catches up with the Kid in a dusty town of drunken bottle-shooters. Along with a scraggly band of gamblers and gunslingers, they ride for New Mexico, where, for Billy the Kid, freedom lies just beyond the border. For Nash, the enchanted land holds the chance to exchange his hard-won land deed for the beautiful and seductive Contessa Cortez. But their dreams turn to dust in the face of revolutionists, scalp hunters, and the deadliest threat of all-the determined Sheriff Pat Garret, who plans to take Nash down with the Kid, all in the name of justice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490521356
• ISBN13: 9781490521350
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Incredible

Ralph's descriptions are so real that I felt the heat, tasted the dust and puckered when there was a danger of getting shot. It was better than a movie. I was afraid to put it down for fear something would happen in the story and I'd miss it. I hope Ralph Cotton is around and writing for a long time

Oldtime adventure

Ralph Cotton did a real good job describing the land and the people, the way they both played a role in shaping the life of William Bonney and the misguided insurance salesman. I especially like "Quiet JAck" Smith and wnat to read more about him

Cost of a Killing: an excellent choice for the Western buff

Ralph Cotton has chosen a character dear to my heart. His protagonist is, albeit an outlaw, a reluctant one. In this series of misadventures, Jeston Nash is perhaps best known as a man tryiing to get by during a time when a dollar was hard-made