Robert B Mcneill: 9 books

When two drovers are found dead on the Western Trail near the Texas town of Cutter's Crossing, marshals Hank Ross and Abe Naylor aim to find their killers and bring them to justice. But their task is complicated when the local schoolteacher, Alice Carnaby, is kidnapped by the drovers' killer, who...

A Complete Illustrated Guide To Edinburgh’s Royal MileFrom Edinburgh Castle esplanade to Holyrood Palace, this comprehensive 14, 000-word guide tells the story of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and the intriguing cast of characters associated with it.Fascinating facts include:* Where 300...

The Ghost of Glamis Castle and other true Scottish Ghost Stories (8, 300 word e-book short, around 45 minutes reading time). In Scotland many stories have been told over the centuries of hauntings and other supernatural phenomena. Most are nothing more than folk tales — stories told around...

Ardennes, Belgium, 11 December 1944: Rookie infantryman Eddie Kyle is sent to join a forward unit just 12 miles from the enemy front line. He and his buddies are told that the area is regarded as a quiet zone. US and British Generals believe the enemy is entrenched behind the Siegfried Line — the German...

Northern Texas, July, 1878: ex-cavalrymen Amos Kane and Luke Fisher end a hard, three-day ride when they reach the frontier town of Buffalo Falls. The town is a busy railroad spur where cattle are shipped north and where cowmen get paid and take a few day’s break before returning south. Within weeks,...

“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” — Winston S. Churchill.9 May, 1944:  Eisenhower and other Allied chiefs have succeeded in convincing the Nazis that the invasion of Europe will come at the Pas-de-Calais (Straits of Dover).When...

Paths to Victory: a World War II novelAll over Europe, groups of courageous freedom fighters fought their underground war to resist the Nazi occupiers.They made a real nuisance of themselves ... carrying out raids, helping stranded Allied airmen to avoid capture, and attempting to get them...

Berlin, 19 April, 1940: Max Tanner, foreign correspondent with an American news media organization, arrives in the Nazi capital. His arrival coincides with a period known as the ‘Phoney War,’ or ‘Sitzkrieg’ as it is known in Germany. A Wehrmacht attack on France and the Low Countries has yet...

Ambush at Blood CanyonKansas, 1874: Jack Carter and Tom Ramirez ride south into Indian Territory on the trail of a man who has stolen Carter’s most treasured possession — an item he is determined to recover at all costs. But Carter and Ramirez’s journey is difficult and fraught with...