Western True Crime #5

Ben Randal, known far and wide as the Little Weasel for his ruthless willingness to betray anyone—criminal or otherwise—crosses paths with a lone traveler in the frontier settlement of Bunkerville, setting in motion a tense confrontation over survival and stolen goods. When the weasel sees an opportunity to rob the stranger, his scheming nature pushes him into a dangerous gamble that tests whether his cunning will be enough to get him out alive.

In 1852 California, Henry Plummer shoots a man over a woman and earns himself a prison sentence—but a faked illness gets him pardoned within months. Ten years later, he drifts into the mining town of Bannack, where he wins respect as a charming gambler and eventually becomes sheriff, all while concealing his violent past. Behind his badge, Plummer secretly leads a gang of road agents who prey on gold shipments, and when honest citizens begin to suspect the truth, he uses his authority and cunning to protect his murderous operation—no matter what it takes.

Ben Thompson, a smooth-talking gambler turned gunslinger, rules the frontier through terror and his lightning-fast draw, but his reign of fear and violence eventually turns the entire community against him. When a mob finally corners this noted killer, his reputation for brutality becomes the very thing that seals his fate.