Tex Ritter Western #12

Tex Ritter, a prairie ranger, stumbles onto a brutal crime when he finds an old Indian medicine man shot down in cold blood at a brushwood hut, and discovers a frightened young woman named White Star hiding nearby. When rustlers strike the nearby Haverford herd that same night, Tex uncovers a sinister plot: the outlaws have been using a cactus drug called peyote to keep ranch hands asleep while they steal cattle—and they've killed to protect their secret. Now Tex must track down the gang's hideout and stop them before they silence White Star's uncle, the only other person who knows their scheme.

Mysterious prairie fires are systematically destroying ranchers' livelihoods across the territory, and Tex Ritter, an undercover prairie ranger, sets out to uncover who's behind the inferno—and stop them before another spread goes up in smoke. When a ruined rancher considers a desperate mountain drive to save his herd, Tex overhears a scheme that exposes the culprit, forcing him to rally the scattered ranchers for a confrontation at Hairpin Pass. It's a race against sabotage and treachery in this 1952 western tale.

Tex Ritter investigates when six notorious outlaws mysteriously arrive in Toledo and begin heading for the hills, leaving behind one man, Shifty Moran. After tailing Moran to Echo Cave, Tex discovers the bandits are part of an elaborate gold heist orchestrated by a mysterious figure known only as "the Voice"—and he's determined to infiltrate the gang and expose the mastermind before they can strike. With his wits and his horse White Flash as his only allies, Tex must navigate a treacherous web of deception to uncover who's pulling the strings.