Cliff Farrell Knihy

Zack Keech&;s business was cattle; railroads were a nuisance, an interloper on the free range and a pain in Zack&;s saddle-tanned anatomy. So how did this rootin&;-tootin&; cowboy &; who only wanted the money he figured was due him for a train-triggerd stampede &; find himself working as an undercover agent for two most unusual railroad owners and the notorious Wild Bill Hickok? And furthermore, what was he doing in a situation where not only were a lot of self-declared enemies out to gun him down but even his supposed friends had to pretend that he was an outlaw and a man that Sioux Wells would be better off without?

Matt Battles was an outcast in his own home town. Robbery and murder had been done and, despite a total lack of proof, many thought that Matt -- and his pal, Johnny Kidd, who had disappeared after the crime -- had been in on it.Then Matt was offered a chance to clear both their names by Sheriff Tom Chisholm--a man he'd considered his foe. All he had to do was get caught in a trumped-up robbery, and then get close to a trio of desperados doing time in State Lodge prison. These three, scuttlebutt had it, had pulled the job for which Matt and Johnny were blamed.But as Matt walked into the store he was to "rob," he saw the dead body of its owner in front of an empty safe. And when he rushed to the one man he thought could help him, Sheriff Chisholm, he found himself looking down the barrel of a custom .45.

"Vance Jardine returned to Del Rosa, Texas, after serving two years for a robbery he didn't commit, but confessed to in order to protect ones he loved. Now he is suspected of another robbery. But this time he will track down the real criminals with the help of Stacy Fitzroy, the daughter of his sworn enemy"-- Provided by publisher