Ralph Compton Straight to the Noose

Authors: Galloway, Marcus & Compton, Ralph
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC014000, FIC002000, FIC033000
ISBN: 9780698180789, Related ISBNs: 0451472373, 069818078X, 9780451472373, 9780698180789
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A gambler runs out of luck in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series...
 
Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the Delta Jack, a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn’t exactly been going Mason’s way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley’s willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back—even threaten Mason’s life.
 
Now Mason has a single night to raise all the funds to pay off his debt by completing whatever ominous jobs Greeley has waiting for him. He just has to make it through alive...

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