It is 1916 in Arizona along the border with Mexico. Below the border there is a revolution in progress. Pancho Villa and his army are intent on seizing power. In Arizona thousands of Krag rifles have disappeared. In fact, the entire train on which they were being transported vanished into the desert without a trace. 
Tim Champlin, born John Michael Champlin in Fargo, North Dakota, currently resides in Nashville, Tennesse. In all of Champlin's stories there are unconventional plot ingredients, striking historical details, vivid characterizations of the multitude of ethnic and cultural diversity found on the frontier, and narratives rich and original and surprising.

Five Star First Edition Westerns - White Lights Roar

Literature & Fiction

Tim Champlin

Genre Fiction

Five Star

In 1916, thousands of Krag rifles disappeared in New Mexico. In fact, the entire train carrying them vanished into the desert without a trace. James Whitlaw, the railroad dispatcher, was implicated in their disappearance. Whitlaw is in New Mexico in forced retirement, taking flying lessons in a Jenny bi-plane from an Army pilot. But that isn't his primary reason for being on the violent Mexican border . . . 
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White Lights Roar: A Western Story

Thorndike Press

A spook-tastic collection of eleven mysteries that celebrate Halloween and the "whodunit" genre. Includes: Brain Food by Paul A. Freeman, Murder in the Corn Maze by Joan Bruce, The Canton House by Jessy Marie Roberts, Slightly Mummified by Diana Catt, A Bolt from the Blue by Craig Booker, Dad's Favorite Holiday by Rebecca J. Vickery, Resurrection Man by Tim Champlin, The Trick-or-Treat Killer by Mark Souza, The Murder of Charlie Dekker by Donna Dawson, Trapped Under Glass by Jessica A. Weiss Cornfield Crucifixion by Gwen Mayo.

A Whodunit Halloween (An Anthology)

Gwen Mayo

Pill Hill Press

Alex Thorne has been enjoying his retirement from the Secret Service by seeing the world. Aboard the City of Peking, he saves the life of a fellow passenger, Rudyard Kipling. Thorne is immediately suspicious that the incident was far from accidental. A high regard between the two men leads to friendship. After another attempt on Kipling's life, Thorne proposes to act as guardian for the British author on his tour of the American West. Incidents continue to plague Kipling as he traverses the West. Tension and suspense constantly increase as the attempts at harassment take a sudden turn for the worse when the plan changes: Kipling is to be killed.  Tim Champlin was born John Michael Champlin in Fargo, North Dakota. He began his writing career in 1982.

Five Star First Edition Westerns - Fire Bell In The Night: A Western Story

The fortunes of war in 1862 find Sergeant John Mulroy captured by Confederate regulars. As a prisoner he is sent to Andersonville Prison for the duration of the conflict. Thousands of Union Army prisoners mill about in the acres of open space, surrounded by a stockade fence armed by Confederate guards. The miasma of unwashed bodies, excrement, gangrene, decay, and death combine to take Mulroy's breath away. Disease and violent death are daily visitors among the prison's ranks. Captain Henri Wirz, a foreigner in the Confederate Army, was shot in the arm and forced to give up field service, so he was put in charge of the prison. Men who get near the stockade wall are shot by the prison guards. There is not enough food so men who do not die of their wounds are slowly being starved to death. Mulroy is determined to escape, and befriends Cal Blackwood, a Confederate irregular who is one of the guards. A part of Cal wants to run with Mulroy, another part wants to make his flight secure by killing him. 
 Tim Champlin was born John Michael Champlin in Fargo, North Dakota. He began his Western writing career with Summer of the Sioux in 1982.

Five Star First Edition Westerns - Devil's Domain: Far From The Eye Of God

Cold Cache: A Western Story (Five Star Western Series) (Five Star Western Series)

United States

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