Rocky Lane Western #12

Rocky Lane stumbles upon a deadly scheme at Last Chance Waterhole: a ruthless gang has poisoned the water supply and begun selling it to desperate travelers at inflated prices, leaving one bull-whacker to die in the desert. The marshal must use his wits to gather proof and stop the operation before more lives are lost to their greed.

When Sagebrush spots a newcomer named Chuck sporting a fresh new hat, he can't resist laying a trap for the confident fellow—claiming he knows exactly where that hat came from. Chuck is certain Sagebrush can't possibly guess right, but the clever prankster has a trick up his sleeve that leaves our hero groaning at his own gullibility once more.

Rocky Lane, an undercover marshal, arrives at a timber camp after a lumberjack named Denkins attempts to murder a fellow worker—and someone swiftly whisks the suspect away before questioning. When the camp boss, Bill Timpson, reveals he's been paying off extortionists who've threatened sabotage, Rocky goes undercover as a new lumber hand to flush out the gang from inside. As he closes in on the truth, the criminals move to silence him permanently—and Rocky must use every trick in his arsenal to survive long enough to bring the whole operation down.

Slim Pickens trades his six-shooter for a law degree in this comedic Western, fielding everything from a stagecoach accident claim to a cattle rustling defense—with results that prove his courtroom skills are about as sharp as his legal reasoning. When the judge himself summons Slim over an expired dog license, the fumbling attorney finds himself tangled in the very laws he's supposed to practice.

Rocky Lane takes a few days off at the Cozy Bar Ranch, only to be dragged into a gold-prospecting expedition by his old friend Lucky Benson—unaware that two claim-jumping schemers are tracking them with murder in mind. When a catastrophic mine collapse and a deadly wagon ambush leave the marshal separated from Lucky and facing a ruthless pair determined to force the prospector's secrets, Rocky must use his wits to track down his missing companion before the vultures strike their final blow.

Colonel Corn checks into the Podunk Hotel nursing a debt he'd rather dodge, so he hatches a scheme to lodge so many complaints about the decrepit establishment that the owner, Korny Kobb, won't dare demand payment. But Korny's got other ideas—and a shorter fuse than the Colonel bargained for when it comes time to settle accounts.

A coyote pack ravages the frontier range, but when a young undercover marshal investigates the bounty hunters cashing in on the predators, he discovers a far more cunning scheme—one that exploits the very system meant to protect the cattle herds. Rocky Lane must pit his wits and his trusty stallion Black Jack against the con artists behind the operation before their greed claims more innocent lives.