The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6: The Crime Stories (v. 6)

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One of Americax2019;s most beloved storytellers, Louis Lx2019;Amourx2019;s vibrant tales of adventure bring the American West to life. Now, in this sixth volume of collected short stories, Lx2019;Amour takes us beyond the frontier with thirty-three gripping stories of crime, sports, and the murky world where the two often meet. From suspenseful whodunits to rueful tales of fortunes gained and lost, this remarkable collection will enthrall and entertain Lx2019;Amour fans old and new. Traversing a vivid landscape, from sunblasted hills and canyons to the nighttime streets of Americax2019;s greatest cities, some of Louis Lx2019;Amourx2019;s most compelling fiction was set in his own timex2014;whether in the naked electric glare of boxing rings where men go head-to-head with their dreams and demons in an underworld rife with corruption, or along freight docks where laborers toil to earn just enough to get by, or in the penthouses of the rich and arrogant who calculate the odds of how to get even more. Here are tales of innocents caught in the schemes of criminals, detectives hunting down truths that hide more lies, gamblers and beauties, wiseguys and cops. Here is a world populated by the kinds of people who risk their lives to right a wrong, make a buck, or save a friend. A war veteran makes a journey to visit the man who saved his life in Korea. Instead he uncovers a killing and finds his own heroic causex2026;. Confronted with an easy chance to steal, an honest man gives in to temptationx2014;and finds himself ensnared in a web of blackmail and violencex2026;. An elderly Hawaiian seafarer is found dead with a hand-carved figure beside his body. Unraveling his murder will mean solving the mystery of a shipwreckx2014;and of the forces that drive some to take fatal chances and others to kill.Brimming with thought-provoking characters and situationsx2014;from a man who awakens from unconsciousness to find a fortune in a burning house to a man who meets a killer who is supposed to be dead in a seedy dinerx2014;these thrilling, atmospheric stories course with authenticity and bear the mark of a timeless master.

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Louis Lx2019;Amour is undoubtedly the bestselling frontier novelist of all time. He is the only American-born author in history to receive both the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his life's work. He has published ninety novels; twenty-seven short-story collections; two works of nonfiction; a memoir, Education of a Wandering Man; and a volume of poetry,Smoke from This Altar. There are more than 300 million copies of his books in print worldwide.