Black Diamond Western #56

When the charming Webb Raymond and his mineralogist companion arrive in the peaceful town of Redwood claiming to represent the Eastern Star Mining Company, Marshal Black Diamond grows suspicious—but the strangers have a way of winning over the townspeople with generous gestures and easy smiles. After carefully engineering the marshal's public disgrace, Raymond makes an announcement that sets the entire town ablaze with fever: he's discovered gold on nearby wasteland, and he's graciously offering stock to locals who want a cut of the riches. Now Black Diamond must uncover the truth behind the scheme before Redwood's desperate citizens lose everything to the con.

When two desert prospectors come to town to buy new clothes after striking gold, one of them is mysteriously shot and killed at the tailor shop—and the map hidden in his old pants vanishes along with him. Black Diamond and the surviving brother must untangle a web of double-crosses involving a corrupt tailor, a ruthless outlaw, and a fortune in gold to catch a killer before greed claims another victim. A tale of how a simple suit of clothes sets off a chain of murder and betrayal in the frontier town of Lead Creek.

When a drifter named Yancey is caught standing over a murdered man with a gun in his hand, an angry mob nearly lynches him before a young lawman named Red Fire steps in to demand a fair trial. As Red Fire investigates, he uncovers evidence that Yancey was framed—but the real culprit is far more dangerous than anyone realized, and the solution requires Red Fire to set a clever trap at the dead man's ranch under cover of darkness. A taut tale of mob justice, false evidence, and one lawman's determination to see the truth prevail, no matter how many bullets fly.

When a bitter feud between a cattleman and a sheepherder threatens to erupt into open warfare in Blue Valley, Marshal Black Diamond arrives to restore order—only to discover that the conflict may be far more sinister than simple rivalry. As a young couple caught between their feuding fathers asks for his help, Black Diamond uncovers a conspiracy that could destroy them all. With twenty-four hours to expose the truth before violence claims lives, the marshal must separate the real culprits from the innocent caught in their web of deception.