Dutch Uncle

‘Thoroughly enjoyable, totally absorbing. . . the mixture becomes explosive, spine-chilling and heart-warming at the same time’Jake Hollander, former cardsharper, present gunslinger, finds his hands full of young orphans, old scores, women and gun butts.Reluctant marshal of a New Mexico mining town, he tangles with gamblers, bandits, prospectors, a parcel of mail-order brides and a sassy young miss out of his past.Add a busty brothel queen, stir in $10,000 and Jake finds a hell-brew of trouble on his plate.‘Funny, raunchy, exciting’AMERICAN PUBLISHERS’ WEEKLY‘Confirms Marilyn Durham as a lively romancer with a delightful sense of humour’COSMOPOLITAN‘Warm, funny, dramatic...A splendid read’THE TIMESAlso available by Marilyn Durham in Pan BooksTHE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING