AUTHOR FAVOURITES: THE LAST LAWMAN by PETER BRANDVOLD

Peter Brandvold writes westerns under his own name and as FRANK LESLIE, including two best described as ‘horror/westerns.’

When I asked Peter about his favourite of his own books he exhibited the Doug Hocking trait of picking two!
One of the two is his first ‘Rusty Spur’ western THE LAST LAWMAN 
where aging lawman Spurr Morgan pursues a gang of outlaws nicknamed The Vultures.

Right from page one the reader is treated to rip-roaring action, leavened with salty humour, which powers the story along. As one reviewer put it: ‘Brandvold starts the book off with a bang, ends it with a bang and lots of bangs in between.’
The aging lawman theme brought to mind Richard Widmark in ‘DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER’

or Charlton Heston in ‘THE LAST HARD MEN.’

Reviews:
‘Deputy Marshal Spur Morgan may be an old dog but he has a lot of bark left in him… Has a great, great ending.’
‘One of the best, could not put it down.’
‘This is a fast action western with twist, and turns… I loved it.’ 

Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Lawman-Rusty-Spurr/dp/0425250504/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481095722&sr=1-10&keywords=peter+brandvold

AUTHOR FAVOURITES: BLOOD MOUNTAIN by PETER BRANDVOLD

Peter Brandvold writes westerns under his own name and as FRANK LESLIE, including two best described as ‘horror/westerns.’

When I asked Peter about his favourite of his own books he exhibited the Doug Hocking trait of picking two! One of the two is BLOOD MOUNTAIN which he describes as: ‘Teeming with young energy.’ I suspect many of us authors feel the same way, admiring our early work for its energy even if we’re still working out how to do the job properly – a bit like having affection for your young, if sometimes foolish, self.

BLOOD MOUNTAIN tells of a group of settlers attacked by merciless outlaws in the bleak northern Rockies. To find a fitting image I thought of some snowbound western movies like ‘DAY OF THE OUTLAW’ (1959)

and ‘TRACK OF THE CAT.' (1954)

The aspect of Scandinavian settlers heading west in a wagon train brought to mind the BONANZA episode ‘Journey Remembered.’

BLOOD MOUNTAIN is described as: ‘Stark realism combined with a classic good-against-evil Western story.’

Reviewers:

‘Peter Branvold is one of the best western writers around.’

‘Full of surprises, I hated to put it down.’

‘I LOVE Peter Brandvold! I stay up late, eyes wide, unable to stop reading his novels… He is a master craftsman.’

‘Peter Branvold has captured the very essence of the old west.’

Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Mountain-Peter-Brandvold/dp/0425169766/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481012123&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+mountain+peter+brandvold