Western Crime Busters #7

When drifter Six-Gun Smith rolls into the frontier town of Gunsmoke, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous scheme—someone's poisoning old man Bates's cattle and trying to force him off his ranch, all for a fortune hidden in an abandoned mine on the property. Smith stakes out the Bates spread and infiltrates a criminal gang meeting, but a case of mistaken identity and a dramatic shootout at the mine leave him surrounded and facing his deadliest stand yet. As the sheriff's posse arrives to turn the tide, Smith must untangle who's really behind the gold-hungry conspiracy—before the real culprits escape.

Fighting Bob Dale tracks a desperate killer across the frontier in "The Owlhoot Trail," a tale by Bill Zeller. When a ranch owner's violent temper costs a hired hand his job, the bitter cowhand returns under cover of darkness with murder in his heart—and his rage puts an innocent woman in mortal danger. Only the quick thinking of Sheriff Bob Dale stands between Faith Hatton and a killer bent on vengeance.

When a stranger wearing Kate's scarf arrives at "Ma" Jenks' ranch and attempts murder, Kate becomes the prime suspect—until Deputy Don begins uncovering the real conspiracy behind the crime. As Kate races to clear her name and protect "Ma," the true mastermind's deadly plot unravels, revealing a years-old grudge that threatens everyone on the frontier.

When Wilma West decides to host a neighborly barn dance at the W-W ranch, her foreman Sonora Sam warns her that some local folks aren't worth welcoming—but she insists on friendliness with all her neighbors. Sam's suspicions prove justified when he discovers the Mackey brothers have been stealing cattle, and that very night, as the party swings inside the barn, the thieves make their move to burn down the ranch and eliminate the one man who knows their scheme. With the buildings ablaze and guests fleeing in panic, Sam and Wilma must fight to save what they can while confronting the dangerous men willing to destroy everything for revenge.