The Law in Somos Santos is a Western Classic by the Best-Selling author of Gunman’s Song, Ralph Cotton, who weaves another epic tale of the harsh and rugged Wild West and the men and women who lived it and tamed it with their spirit and their blood. Cray Dawson’s earned his gunman’s reputation fighting side-by-side with his pal Lawrence Shaw (the fastest gun alive.) Now that Dawson is the new Sheriff of Somo Santos that reputation alone keeps most criminals away from his Texas hometown. But it doesn’t stop the bank-robbing Walker Gang for long. After robbing and pillaging a neighboring town, they soon come upon a way they think will weaken Dawson and leave and his town unprotected. But even the threat of violence against a loved-one now held hostage by the evil Walkers will not stop Dawson from doing what he knows a man with a badge and a gun must do ….

Three years after ridding sleepy Somos Santos of a corrupt sheriff, Crayton Dawson suddenly finds his job more complicated as outlaws attempt to rob the Somos Santos bank--and then take Dawson's wife hostage. Original.

Old ways and new clash in head-on confrontation: When journeyman hit man Ray Dylan agrees to look in on Sami Bloom, former mistress of a deceased Canadian crime financier, he realizes he must keep his profession a secret. What he doesn’t realize is how difficult that is now that he has fallen for this warm-hearted beauty. While he struggles with the idea of confiding to her about his secret past, Dylan learns that Sami Bloom has some secrets of her own—and her secrets reach into the upper echelons of the very organization he works for. Add to that a greedy young criminal, who along with his thug-like bodyguard, poses a threat to Sami’s life, and secrets or no secrets, Dylan knows it’s time for bullets to fly. In Friend Of A Friend, Cotton paints a stark unapologetic portrait of modern American crime, both at its ruthless struggling-for-power street level, and at its more discreet, tight-lipped, yet equally deadly seats of authority. Cotton has a unique way of weaving the reader’s senses into the story. Known for fast-paced narrative and wry dark humor, Cotton takes inspiration for his stories from TV news and headlines. He creates a raw and colorful, almost desperate atmosphere around modern American culture, yet at some point, unexpectedly, leaves the reader with cause for hope.

Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is on the trail of a gang of Yuma jailbreakers led by the blood-thirsty Suela Soto, and he’s leaving a trail of death and destruction. The pursuit will bring Sam up against one of the most infamous criminal gangs ever to pull a heist in the West—the Hole in the Wall Gang. * * * * “What do you mean? Why do you want him? He is an old man. He’s harmless. He is no threat to you,” the priest pleaded. But as he spoke, Soto shifted his gun to his other hand, took off his glove and held his right palm out for the priest to see. “Do you recognize this?” he asked, showing a tattoo that circled his palm. The priest almost gasped aloud. He shook his head and quickly made the sign of the cross. “You—you are one of them?” the priest asked, nodding at the tattoo, his face growing even more troubled and ashen than before. “One of el diablo’s—” He caught himself about to speak in Spanish and stopped short. “One of the devil’s own!” * * * * *Preview of Ralph Cotton's Vengeance at the end of this book.

Author Ralph Cotton grew up listening to stories of the James-Younger gang, and as the years passed his fascination led him to seek the truth behind the legends. Now, in this brilliant blend of history and imagination, he offers up a fresh and gritty look at the gang through the eyes of Jeston Nash. Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin, Jesse Woodson James of Clay County, Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston meets his cousins, Jesse and Frank, and joins them to fight in Quantrill’s guerrilla forces. Later, after the war, he rides with the James-Younger gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone, of the Free Kansas Militia - the man responsible for the death of his child. In While Angels Dance, the reader will experience the events, places, and people that helped fuel the legends of these men. It is a vivid adventure tale of the outlaw West and an original view of the James-Younger gang. While Angels Dance was a candidate for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.

Lawless Justice . . . In the town of Bannet, Doss Edding, son of a wealthy land baron, led the cold-blooded Half Moon Gang on a spree of theft and murder that should have put him behind bars for the rest of his life. But the corrupt local law has set the accused man free to wreak more havoc. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is determined to put the desperadoes six feet under, but to do so, he must outfox the hired gun Doss’s father set on his trail. With a price on his head and powerful men protecting his prey, Burrack will need all his skill and determination to see that even in a lawless world, justice is done. *Preview of Ralph Cotton's Black Mesa at the end of this book.

When Chicago hit man Ray Dylan started out he was one more young professional struggling to get ahead of the pack. But he knows his world is about to change quickly when he takes on a job for high-level KGB elitist Leonid (The Professor) Volkov, founder of a unique Cuban-Russian spy community operating out of Southern Florida. After Volkov double-crosses him and tries to have him killed, Dylan must take on the entire criminal spy operation even as a wild hurricane named Dennis ravages its way up the heart of the Florida peninsula. True to his calling, the young gunman will stop at nothing as he kills his way closer to Volkov, learning more and more about the man, including one of the best kept secrets in the dark underworld of crime and espionage—what was the wily Russian operative doing in Dallas the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. *Preview of Ralph Cotton's Friend of a Friend and While Angels Dance at the end of this book.