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Publication Date: 26 Mar 2012

WRONG TOWN (Roamer Book 1)
One man’s quest to lose himself in the West

First in the gritty, all-action Western series by Spur Award-nominated author Matthew P. Mayo, featuring Roamer, loner with a face everyone fears.

Roamer is having a bad day—he is savaged by a grizzly, robbed by bandits, and attacked by wolves. So by the time he makes it to the little Rocky Mountain town of Tall Pine all he wants is a cup of coffee, a hot meal, and a soft bed. The sheriff jails him for murder instead. A seething mob marks Roamer’s homely face as guilty and seeks twisted justice with his blood. Can he stop the townsfolk from destroying themselves or will they kill him first? It’s a brutal race against time for Roamer as the mob rips apart its little town, leaving innocent people dead and the wrong people in charge. Welcome to Wrong Town.

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WRONG TOWN (Roamer Book 1)
One man’s quest to lose himself in the West

First in the gritty, all-action Western series by Spur Award-nominated author Matthew P. Mayo, featuring Roamer, loner with a face everyone fears.

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Paperback: 184 pages
Publisher: Gritty Press (26 Mar 2012)
ISBN-10: 0985141301
ISBN-13: 978-0985141301
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,880,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Matthew P. Mayo is a Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist and a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and his novels include the Westerns Winters' War, Wrong Town, Hot Lead, Cold Heart, Dead Man's Ranch, and Tucker's Reckoning and he contributes to several popular series of Western and adventure novels. His non-fiction books include Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears; Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks; Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers; and Haunted Old West. Visit him at matthewmayo.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A strong character-driven tale 19 Jan 2009

By R. Nicholson-morton

Format:Hardcover

Roamer's narrative starts with him facing certain death at the stinking jaws of a grizzly and hardly lets up from then on. He not only has had a bad day, it looks like the rest of his life is going from bad to worse. He survives the jaws of death only to be robbed of his few belongings by heartless bandits. The weather isn't too considerate, either. In pouring rain he trudges into the Rocky Mountain town of Tall Pine, where he hopes to grab a bite to eat, a decent mug of coffee and uninterrupted shut-eye. Simple pleasures - but even these are to be denied him as the sheriff arrests Roamer for murder. And this particular lawman has taken a strong dislike to Roamer, refusing him any kind of sustenance while in jail. The town idolises their sheriff and are a mite reluctant to wait for a judge. Without a doubt, Roamer has come to the wrong town.

First person narrative is not common in westerns, yet when handled well, it lends an added weight of authenticity and intimacy. Matthew Mayo succeeds on all levels. Within a very short space of time, the reader becomes a close friend of luckless Roamer; the man's attractions are a combination of his self-deprecating humour, his determination to survive whatever life throws at him, plus an innate decency.

Because the narrator is telling the story, the reader knows that the hero survives; which is no surprise, since in most stories the hero wins through anyway. Since threats to the narrator are not going to be fatal, the author has to involve the reader in more than the welfare of the hero. This means that other characters - often close to the hero - come under threat; if these people suffer, then so do the readers because they feel the narrator's pain of loss or hurt.... Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars WRONG TOWN 22 Mar 2008

By Raymond Foster

Format:Hardcover

This is one great book.
Roamer is an unusual hero. He's not exactly a good looking chap and when we meet him he's wrestling a bear. Having won that battle but trapped beneath the bear he's robbed and when he, finally, makes it to civilisation Roamer is arrested for murder.
The characters are well drawn and, as the story moves along, we see the frailty and the gullibility of people.
This is a must read book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Western! 15 April 2012

By Peter Brandvold, Western Writer - Published on Amazon.com

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Matt Mayo is a relative newcomer to the western genre, and he's kicking butt and taking names.

I loved ROAMER: WRONG TOWN, and can't wait for the next one in the series. This is fiction writing at it's best, and some of the best writing you'll find in the western field. If you're a fan of well-written westerns, you won't regret adding this one to your collection, and you'll have a damn good time doing it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative Prose, Gritty Characters & Lots of Action 29 Dec 2010

By Jeremy LC Jones - Published on Amazon.com

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Matthew P. Mayo has a keen eye for the absurd. His Westerns are steeped in authenticity and boiled in action, but it is Mayo's skewed vision of the world that lingers long after the final page. He shows us the mythic West with the sharp, clear eye of a realist looking through rippled glass.

Mayo is the author of the novels WINETRS" WAR, WRONG TOWN, and HOT LEAD, COLD HEART, and the editor of WHERE LEGENDS RIDE: NEW TALES OF THE OLD WEST. At his finest, Mayo captures the surreal and very human quality of everyday life in the 19th century west. His protagonists meet whatever comes their way with nonchalance; they struggle in a world of misperceptions and uncertain realities, come what may. Time and again they must sort out the mythic from the mundane, the weak from the strong, the bizarre from the necessary. Yet, even deep within the most tangled cases of mistaken identity and the darkest of back alley nights, Mayo is always in control of his craft.

Mayo writes evocative prose, gritty characters, and action-packed scenes. Themes, as he has mentioned in interviews, "of self-reliance, overcoming adversity, [and] the satisfaction felt when a tough job is well in hand" run smoothly beneath the characters and the action.

If you enjoy authors like Jack London, Mickey Spillane, Jim Thompson, Loren D. Estleman, Robert J. Randisi, James Reasoner, Larry D. Sweazy, Peter Brandvold, and Johnny D. Boggs, then you will find a kindred spirit in Matthew P. Mayo--a kindred spirit who is nonetheless very much an original voice in the landscape of Western literature.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Rising Star 30 Mar 2012

By Larry D. Sweazy - Published on Amazon.com

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Matthew P. Mayo is quickly becoming a rising star in the world of Western fiction, and WRONG TOWN, featuring Roamer, is sure to add to Mayo's well-deserved reputation. WRONG TOWN introduces a main character that is not your stereotypical gunslinger. Roamer is a break from tradition, all the while, honoring the traditional Western, a feat in itself. From the first person narrative, to the clean, crisp, prose, and Roamer himself, this book promises to upend the genre--in a good way. Genres live and die on the entrance of new voices, and if WRONG TOWN is any indication, the Western is alive and healthy. This novel has everything readers and fans have come to expect from Westerns, and more; heart-pounding action, gritty prose, and sentimental storytelling, all without being sappy, or offering up any episodes of navel-gazing. Mayo delivers on all accounts--and I for one, can't wait to read the next installment in Roamer's adventures.

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