Clint Adams isn't altogether fond of anyone wearing a tin star—lawmen have got too many rules keeping them from dispensing real justice. Still, when a local Texas marshal is gutshot while chasing the vicious rustler Chuck Brewer, Adams feels honor bound to comply when the lawman asks him to take on the badge.
But when he learns that Brewer's gone south of the border, the Gunsmith is going to forget he's a sheriff, and become judge, jury, and executioner...
J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is an American author who writes in the Detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."
He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.