Hook, Line, and Lead
About this ebook
As a former Texas Ranger, Catfish Charlie thought he’d seen it all. But as the town marshal, he’s about to witness the West at its wildest. It starts in Julia Claire’s Lone Star Outpost, with one of her girls trying to slit the throat of the notorious Niobrara Kid. Catfish has barely broken that up when there’s more trouble on the third floor—and this time a man lies dead with Deputy Rex Green’s girl standing over him.
Next a wounded outlaw turns up in the schoolteacher’s stable, hiding from that merciless wind as well as a corrupt Deputy U.S. Marshal by the name of Wes Decker, who happens to be an old friend of Catfish. And when Catfish hears the Niobrara Kid and his gang are in possession of a cache of stolen loot, he almost wishes he’d let that soiled dove do his work for him. Now it’s up to him and deputies Brazos McQueen and Rex Green to bring the ruthless outlaws to justice.
All in a day’s work for the lawman—but it’s going to be a long day before all this blows over . . .
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About the author
William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.
J.A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American Western History library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J.A. worked hard and learned, later going on to become the co-author of William W. Johnstone’s many bestselling westerns and thrillers. J.A. Johnstone lives on a ranch in Tennessee and more information is at WilliamJohnstone.net.
