The Physician's Gun

<p><strong>Based on the notorious Maungatapu Murders of 1866 this action-packed historical novel is a gripping tale of murder and greed.</strong></p><p>Fifteen-year-old Henry Appleton lives on an isolated farm in Nelson New Zealand. He devours dime novels about American cowboys and dreams of having his own rifle and becoming a gunslinger like Wild Bill Hickok. But his daydreaming becomes a terrifying reality when two strangers ride into town: the physician Zephaniah Smith who is hunting down his wife's killer ... and the ruthless highwayman Richard Burgess who plans to rob a bank with his gang. Over the next three days Henry is threatened kidnapped shot and left for dead in a riverbed. When the gang murders a group of travellers from the goldfields the injured Henry is determined to help bring them to justice.</p><p><br></p>