August Cragg, U. S. Marshal, had been on his way to Yuma to pick up a prisoner when he stopped in Broken Butte for a nap and a beer after the dusty stagecoach ride. He was hot and tired and needed a rest. But it didn't look that way to the citizens of Broken Butte. The presence of a man with a star on his shirt seemed to make them downright uncomfortable. It was almost as if they had something to hide.
A Marshall is riding through town on a stagecoach and just happens to stop in a small town that has a big secret. As the townspeople become more and more nervous, he realizes that they are hiding something. A secret that could cost him his life. This was the first Lewis B. Patten book I read and it is excellent. If you like Louis L'Amour you will like Patten. His characters are believable. Great book.
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