Monte Hale Western #38

Monte Hale and his horse Pardner race to warn the settlers of Little Bow after learning that Chief Angry Bear has assembled a massive Crow war party intent on massacre—but first, Monte must convince the fearful trapper Jim Grant to help him breach the Indian lines. With the settlement under siege and supplies dwindling, Monte fights desperately to hold off the attacking warriors and get word to Fort Cranby for federal troops before it's too late.

When a traveling medicine show rolls into town with a miracle cure called Healtho, Doc Blabber makes a startling diagnosis: one man has the bubonic plague and the whole town must evacuate immediately. But Monte Hale smells a con and stays behind to investigate, uncovering a plot far more sinister than a simple medical hoax. With Doc Schmidt's help, Monte must stop Blabber and his partner Sneed before they disappear with the town's valuables.

Monte Hale goes undercover as a ranch hand named Mary Hale to help the independent women of Skirt Ranch stop a ring of cattle rustlers—but first he'll have to convince them to accept his help without blowing his disguise. With rustlers striking in broad daylight and the ranch's leader Donna dead-set against bringing in any men, Monte and Lucy Belle devise a daring plan that pushes the limits of an all-girl operation determined to prove itself.

Gabby Hayes's tall tales come back to haunt him when Sly Sam Jones calls his bluff about being a circus tight-rope walker—and the town decides to put him to the test with a high-wire stunt over Main Street to raise charity funds. With the whole town watching and his reputation on the line, Gabby must attempt the death-defying walk, all while discovering that Sly Sam has his own scheme brewing below.