Lash LaRue Western #15

When Lash LaRue spots a mysterious trunk floating in the river, his lawman's instinct kicks in—and a desperate plea for help inside sends him investigating the nearby river boats anchored in the shallows. A captive captain and a cargo of illegal opium point to a ruthless outlaw named Slink Mongrel, who's holding the vessel hostage until the tide rises high enough to escape downriver. With the odds stacked against him and the ship about to cast off toward the Gulf, Lash must outthink a crew of hardened criminals and find his way out of a locked iron room before the fugitives make good on their deadly plans.

Busy Bee Beekin earns his nickname by being perpetually broke and always on the hunt for the next loan—and anyone unlucky enough to cross his path ends up financially stung. This humorous western tale captures the misadventures of a character whose reputation as a schemer precedes him in the frontier.

Parker strikes up a ranch partnership with Big Mack Duff, one of the toughest hombres in the territory—but he's confident their joint checking account will keep things fair. Turns out the arrangement has an entirely different meaning when it comes to dealing with a bully like Duff.

Lash LaRue finds himself in the thick of a western mystery when a seemingly simple robbery takes an unexpected twist—a confusion involving a peculiar horse named Backwards and a drifter who may not be what he appears to be. Between Lash's famous bullwhip and the chaos of reversed commands, he races against time to untangle the truth before innocent folks get hurt. It's a tale where quick thinking and quicker reflexes matter just as much as sorting out who the real bandits are.

When a payroll theft at the Silver Sage Mine gets stolen twice in one day, roving marshal Lash LaRue picks up the chase—only to discover the case is far more tangled than a simple robbery. The mine foreman's brother Joe Waller becomes the prime suspect, but Lash suspects there's more to the story, and a pair of ruthless marauders are counting on him staying in the dark. It's a fast-moving frontier tale packed with double-crosses, desperate men, and the kind of justice only a two-gunned marshal with a whip can deliver.

Lash LaRue, a roving marshal on the trail of the notorious Hurd Brothers, arrives in Sierra City just as the outlaws make their bold move—robbing a stagecoach in broad daylight and wounding the sheriff in the process. When one of the Hurds tracks down the local doctor for help with a gunshot wound, Lash sees his chance to turn the tables, but the bandits have leverage that could cost an innocent man his life. It's a tense game of wits and nerves as the whip-wielding marshal races to outthink criminals who hold all the cards.

Dusty and Fatso Faber trade barbs over the newcomer's fancy new suit, with Dusty dishing out jokes about its fit until a trick question about a train and a cow backfires—literally. After taking a kick for his wisecracks, Dusty gets a chance at revenge when the same riddle presents itself to an unsuspecting fellow traveler, and he's quick to turn the tables with a trick of his own.