{"product_id":"ryder-hell-of-a-wyatt-steele-9798182293402","title":"Ryder - Hell of a Time - LARGE PRINT: Classic LARGE PRINT Western Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dying man at the river. A missing boy. A town that keeps its secrets buried beneath the crossing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyder only meant to pass through Mercy Crossing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ferry was down, the river was high, and the town had the look of a place that had learned to keep its mouth shut. Then Ryder found Tobias Holt bleeding out near the ferry chain, clutching at the last scraps of truth a powerful man wanted buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTobias's son, Emmett, is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis daughter, Tamsin, is alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the men who run Mercy Crossing are already shaping the lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeputy Rane wears a badge, but he serves something darker than the law. Gideon Strake owns the freight company, the ferry, and half the fear in town. Claims have vanished. Witnesses have gone quiet. Men have crossed the river after dark and never come back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Ryder is caught between a frightened family and a town built on stolen land, false papers, and bodies the river never returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is beaten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is thrown into the black water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is left for dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Ryder has a habit of disappointing men who think the job is finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Dead Man's Bend, where the old landing rots and the river runs deep, Tamsin must trade the only proof she has for her brother's life. Rane thinks the bargain is his. Strake thinks the town is still his. Pritch thinks a shotgun settles everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are about to learn what kind of man comes back from the river.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHell of a Time\u003c\/b\u003e is a gritty, hard-riding Western packed with frontier justice, river-town corruption, desperate courage, and one silent drifter who does not know how to walk away when innocent blood is on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of classic gunfighter Westerns, lone-rider justice, ruthless villains, and hard men who say little but finish what they start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRide with Ryder into Mercy Crossing today - and find out what the river leaves behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wyatt Steele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798182293402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Wyatt Steele","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997820530943,"sku":"9798182293402","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ryder-hell-of-a-wyatt-steele-9798182293402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}