Dancing Devil range

By W C Tuttle

A cattle-buying assignment brings drifting partners Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens into the Dancing Devil range, but Sleepy suspects that the job conceals another purpose. His distrust soon seems justified when a cattleman is killed with a shotgun, leaving the isolated community caught between suspicion, hidden motives and the urgent question of who can be believed. Hashknife approaches the mystery through patient reasoning, while Sleepy answers danger and uncertainty with colourful cowboy speech and comic scepticism. Their contrasting temperaments give this mystery western its distinctive rhythm: deduction and doubt travel side by side as the partners become entangled in a murder investigation with the local law. Frontier humour sharpens rather than softens the tension, allowing the partnership to carry both the crime plot and the rough-edged exchanges of cattle country. Beyond the killings lies a range burdened by economic hardship after a bank failure, where cattle buying, ranch life and questions of justice are inseparable from money and survival. Railroad facilities, a hotel, a restaurant and a livery stable form the practical crossroads of the investigation, while the road into the surrounding ranch country extends the field of suspicion. Blending cowboy detective fiction with vernacular comedy, the novel builds its intrigue from deception, financial pressure and violence in a place where distance can complicate the search for truth. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378418775
• ISBN13: 9789378418778
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"