Buster Crabbe #4

When Buster Crabbe and Whiskers arrive in Lamos, they learn that several Mexican workers have vanished near the mines—and suspicious Lon Murdo seems to be at the center of it all. Crabbe goes undercover to infiltrate Murdo's operation and uncovers a brutal scheme that enslaves desperate men under the guise of honest work. With Whiskers at his side and the prisoners ready to fight, Crabbe must turn the tables on Murdo's ruthless gang before more innocent lives are lost.

When a mysterious woman named Esther Brooks offers Buster Crabbe an outrageous sum for his small parcel of land—property gifted to him by an old ally—he refuses, sensing something far larger is at stake. As Buster and Whiskers find themselves caught between Miss Brooks's relentless pressure and the cryptic silence of an old friend, they discover federal agents are already investigating her suspicious activities on the property. What Esther Brooks is hiding becomes the real test of Buster's friendship and his nerve in this tale where nothing is quite what it seems.

Exhausted after a long trail, Whiskers decides to get a haircut and shampoo at the barber shop—but falls asleep in the chair and wakes up to a shocking discovery: his beloved whiskers have been shaved clean off. In his fury, Whiskers shoots up the barber shop, goes on the run to the hills, and spends months living rough rather than face the law—only to return and learn the truth about what really happened that fateful night.

When Buster Crabbe agrees to fill in as teacher for a rowdy frontier schoolhouse, he quickly discovers that one suspicious student—a crook named Ace—has darker plans than disrupting lessons. As mysterious raids plague the territory and valuable heirlooms vanish, Buster must uncover the connection between Ace and the gang of thieves before their scheme spirals beyond his control. With his trusty sidekick Whiskers at his side, Buster trades his six-gun for chalk to track down the truth hidden in plain sight.