- Hardcover
- Publisher: Avalon (April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0803495315
- ISBN-13: 978-0803495319
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,870,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb story,
By The Western Reader "steveml" (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Legend of Shamus McGintys Gold (Avalon Western) (Hardcover)
There's enough gold to make you think you can live forever, but Shamus McGinty has hidden it where no one can ever find it. The only way to find the gold is to stop looking, but once you find it, you won't even realize it. So goes the legend of Shamus McGinty's gold.
After forty years, Morgan Armstrong thinks he's close to solving the legend, but he's at death's door. He offers a share of the gold to the ruthless outlaw Quinn Rogers in return for finding a cure to save his life. Quinn looks no farther than Fergal O'Brien, purveyor of a "universal remedy" he claims will cure anything and everything. Too bad for Morgan that it hasn't cured anyone yet, and too bad for Fergal when Quinn finds that out. His ultimatum to Fergal is simple: cure Morgan or die. To avoid the wrong end of Quinn's gun, Fergal and his trusty bodyguard, Randolph, must find a way to help Morgan. Their treatment just might be the key to solving the legend of Shamus McGinty's gold. Ian Parnham presents the reader with a superb blend of exciting western action and well-timed humour - this latter appearing both in conversation and situations. Fergal O'Brien and his bodyguard Randolph McDougal are a perfect pairing even though McDougal is looking forward to the time he can ride away from his duties as bodyguard and leave Fergal to face the outcomes of his cons himself. The other characters are equally well crafted, Armstrong, Rogers, and a whole host of others O'Brien meets on the trail. The storyline seems simple enough at the beginning but once the main characters come together in the quest to find McGinty's gold in soon becomes obvious there's more going on than first assumed. Ian Parnham soon has the reader hooked with a clever tangle of mystery and hints that all characters aren't quite who they say they are. Fergal maybe a con artist but is he the only one? Ian Parnham writes well and provides the reader with a fast moving tale that keeps offering surprises and unexpected twists ensuring the reader will never be sure just how everything will turn out in the end. When the final page is reached I believe any reader will have been thoroughly entertained, but be warned, the climax will leave you wanting to read the next in the series: The Finest Frontier Town in the West.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast-paced and fun, exciting read!,
By Howard L. Hopkins "Author of Night Demons & G... (Old Orchard Beach, Maine USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Legend of Shamus McGintys Gold (Avalon Western) (Hardcover)
Very nice tale of a tonic salesman who meets up with a ruthless bunch searching for a lost gold mine. The writer does an excellent job integrating the characters and keeping the story rollicking forward. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book!,
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This review is from: The Legend of Shamus McGintys Gold (Avalon Western) (Hardcover)
Randolph has had a pretty full life, protecting Fergal O'Brien (seller of the miraculous "Universal Remedy") from irate customers. However, his job is about to get a whole lot more complicated. When a dying Morgan Armstrong falls in with the ruthless Quinn Rogers and his band, he tells them that he will share the secret of the location of Shamus McGintys gold, but only if Quinn can cure him. Who can cure Morgan? Why, the man with the medicine that will cure anything! But what of the gold? There's a lot more here than meets the eye.This is a great story. I picked up this book on a lark, but frankly did not expect too much. However, Mr. Parnham (from Nottingham, England) weaves a wonderful story that keeps you guessing at all of the various interlocking mysteries. This is really a highly entertaining book that I would not hesitate to recommend, even to those who don't normally like cowboy stories. This is a great book!
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