Lash LaRue Western #24

When a man awaits execution for murder, Lash LaRue discovers his accused has escaped—and a suspicious encounter in a nearby cave leads the roving marshal to question everything the three witnesses testified to. As Lash tracks down each of them in Silver City, he uncovers a web of blackmail, sudden wealth, and convenient deaths that suggests the real culprit in Tyler Dougell's killing may be far more powerful than anyone realized. Can Lash untangle the lies before another witness silences the truth?

Molasses Mouth ran for mayor in last week's election and came up short with only two votes—so short on friends in the whole county that he figures he'd better start carrying a gun just to stay safe. This one-page humor western proves that getting voted down in a frontier town can be a humbling—and surprisingly dangerous—experience.

Caught in a downpour, a drifter named Dusty stumbles through a hole in a fence seeking shelter, only to discover he's wandered into a Prairie Lunatic Asylum full of delusional residents—including one convinced he's Jesse James. With the building's inhabitants growing increasingly erratic and the situation spinning into chaos, Dusty has to find his way back out before the confusion pulls him under.

When war drums sound continuously from the neighboring Bioux Reservation, roving marshal Lash LaRue is sent to investigate—only to discover that sickness, not warfare, plagues the tribe. Lash must uncover the source of the illness before panic spreads through the nearby town of Cypress Valley, and his investigation leads him to a factory owner willing to poison innocent people for profit. With a doctor held captive and lives hanging in the balance, Lash races against time to stop a ruthless scheme and silence "The Death Chant."

When a mysterious gunman tries to bushwhack roving marshal Lash LaRue, it sets him on the trail of a ruthless extortion scheme plaguing the ranchers of Cinder Gulch. Red Dykes and his gang are running a fake "protective association," killing livestock to force honest cattlemen like Les Benton into paying for their fake security—and Lash must expose the racket before the whole territory surrenders to the scheme. With his trusty bullwhip and loyal horse Rush at his side, LaRue sets a trap to catch Dykes and his men red-handed.