SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

After a lifetime of taming hell-raising cowtowns, bullet-scarred Deputy Sheriff Carl Sturtz wanted to take things easy. That was why he took the lawman's job in Platte City. Nothing much ever happened there. Then one day Platte City stopped being peaceful and Sturtz was back facing the meanest bunch of killers and back-shooters who ever robbed a bank. They were all bad, but Black Jack Connor, fresh out of Yuma Prison, was the worst of the lot. Connor didn't care how many men—or women—he had to kill to get what he came for. Sturtz wasn't sure he could stop Connor. He wasn't even sure he wanted to try. But once the shooting started, Sturtz knew he couldn't back down.