Review of Six-shooter Tales

I was pleased to come across this review of my recent short story collection Six-Shooter Tales at Bright Dreamers Book Reviews

Review of Night of the Gunslinger

I’ve always enjoyed stories that take place over a short period of time, and here Ian Parnham does just that; with everything happening during one night...

Read more at Western Fiction Review

Review of Devine

Lieutenant Governor Maddox Kingsley intends to clean up the county so hires Pinkerton detective Nimrod Dunn to infiltrate Cornelius Lee's gang and bring them to justice. Just as it seems that the job is done so the detective's cover is blown.

Marshall Jake T. Devine is sent in to bring the gang to justice - but Devine is a law unto himself...

Read more at Broken Trails

Review of Miss Dempsey's School for Gunslingers

Like the previous two books in this excellent series this story is extremely fast moving and includes many how-are-they-going-to-get-out-of-that situations. There are plenty of laughs to be had too...

Read more at Western Fiction Review

Review of Beyond Redemption

As a child Jeff Dale witnessed the terrible aftermath of an atrocity. Elmer Drake killed three members of a family and when the surviving girl Cynthia went missing, Jeff vowed that one day he’d find her, no matter how long it took....

Read more at Western Fiction Review

Review of The Search for the Lone Star

Ian Parnham expertly captures the readers imagination with his superbly crafted characters and the fact that their true goals aren’t all revealed at once, thus he succeeds in hooking the reader with the need to discover just what they are all really up to, and if any of them will be alive at the end of the book...

Read more of this very welcome review of my latest BHW at Western Fiction Review.

Review of Riders of the Barren Plains

I was delighted to see the following review on Tom McNulty's fine blog:

When it comes to westerns I. J. Parnham should be at the top of everyone’s reading list. He’s not only prolific but he’s a damn good writer. Riders of the Barren Plains is one of his more recent books for Robert Hale’s Black Horse Western series and it’s a fine entertainment...

Read more at Dispatches from the Last Outlaw.

Review of Sheriff Without a Star

There's a review of Sheriff without a Star at Western Fiction Review, which is a nice double as I received my complimentary copies yesterday. The cover has instantly gone towards the top of my list of favourite covers.


Despite his four years of distinguished service Sheriff Cassidy Yates lost the confidence of Monotony’s townsfolk because his error of judgement led to the death of Leland Matlock’s son. But when the star Cassidy had worn with pride was removed from his chest, Leland claimed he knew something that would shed new light on the sheriff’s downfall.

Before Leland could reveal what he knew he was shot, but Cassidy still had the instincts of a lawman. He believed Leland’s shooting was connected to the death of his son and that if he could uncover the link it would restore the townsfolk’s confidence in him. So Cassidy embarked on his greatest challenge: to get the star pinned back on his chest where it belonged.

Read more here.

A review of The Finest Frontier Town in the West

Tender Valley is a clean, friendly and law-abiding frontier town. In fact, it is such a fine town that an enterprising businessman might just designate it as the official Finest Frontier Town in the West, an award with a thousand-dollar prize...

Read more about by 2003 title at Western Fiction Review.

A review of The Prairie Man

A very welcome review of my 22nd Black Horse Western, which is published later this month, is available at Western Fiction Review.

Review of The Legend of Shamus McGinty's Gold

It is a short read as well as an easy page turner. I have not read much of the western fiction genre. Most of my experience would be from non-fiction and from Hollywood movies. Therefore I cannot compare this to other fiction writers works. I can say it was a pleasant read...

Read More at Gnotions.

Now that unexpected review cheered me up!

Review of The Secret of Devil's Canyon

I.J. Parnham presents the reader with a book that starts off like a straight-forward storyline but with the introduction of more and more characters, such as the bone-hunter Jim Dragon and his enemy Pierre Dulaine, and Emily Chambers who is searching for her missing father, all of whom seem to be involved in different threads to the story, it isn’t long before the plot throws up twist after twist that makes this book impossible to put down until the reader discovers how everything is resolved.

Read more at Western Fiction Review.

Review of The Secret of Devil's Canyon

I love the cover to this book as it reminds me of the old pulps and Jeff Arnold and The Riders Of The Range Annuals. The Secret Of Devil's Canyon has Nathaniel McBain and Shackleton Frost escorting convicted killer Cooper Metcalf to the Bear Creek pen. Of course, the prisoner protests that he is innocent - and maybe he is but Mayor Maxwell is dead and his daughter, Narcissa, is missing believed killed...

Read more at Broken Trails.

Thanks, Ray.

And, in other news, I learnt today that Sheriff without a Star will be published in December.

Review of Bleached Bones in the Dust

Review available at Western Fiction Review.

Review of The Legend of Shamus McGinty's Gold

Review at Western Fiction Review.

Thanks, Steve.

The Treasure of Saint Woody - review

Review in Dutch at Western Romans.

Dank Je.

Review of Railroad to Redemption

There's a kind review of my most recent book at Western Fiction Review. Thanks!

Review of a Fistful of Legends

Review at Western Fiction Review.

Also, last week Matthew Mayo attended the annual WWA conference in which he was honoured for his short story Half a Pig which appears in the anthology. More on this later, perhaps with some pictures.

Review of a Fistful of Legends

Review at Writealot.

The Man who shot Garfield Delany

Evan Lewis looks at another story in the anthology of western short stories A Fistful of Legends. Today he reviews my story. Thanks!