Marshal Lane Morgan is an honorable man who isn't about to let anyone dodge the lawânot even the son of Paul Webley, the most crooked figure in Skylar, Colorado. Lane is all set to testify against Webley's boyâuntil Webley himself starts digging into Lane's wife's past and turns up one helluva dirty secret.
No sooner does Lane receive a threat of blackmail than the dead body of a grifter is foundâleaving the marshal's wife as the number one suspect.
Now, with little more than his instincts to go on. Lane must risk his livelihood, his values, and his own freedom to track down the real killerâand save his wife from a fate worse than death...
"Simply one of the best Western writers of our time."âRocky Mountain News
Marshal Lane Morgan is an honorable man who isn't about to let anyone dodge the lawânot even the son of Paul Webley, the most crooked figure in Skylar, Colorado. Lane is all set to testify against Webley's boyâuntil Webley himself starts digging into Lane's wife's past and turns up one helluva dirty secret.
No sooner does Lane receive a threat of blackmail than the dead body of a grifter is foundâleaving the marshal's wife as the number one suspect.
Now, with little more than his instincts to go on. Lane must risk his livelihood, his values, and his own freedom to track down the real killerâand save his wife from a fate worse than death...
"Simply one of the best Western writers of our time."âRocky Mountain News