Women Outlaws #3

Ruthless Cowboy Maggie rules San Francisco's Barbary Coast with a quick gun and quicker temper, running her saloon with an iron fist and a talent for bending everyone around her to her will—from rival suitors to lawmen to her own gang of rustlers. When a murder charge threatens to slow her down, Maggie's charm and connections prove just as deadly as her aim, and she's soon orchestrating cattle raids and consolidating power with dangerous schemes that keep the whole territory spinning. This 1948 tale captures a woman who answers to no one and plays by rules only she understands.

Stella Mae Irwin earns her fearsome reputation as "Sure-Shot Stella" when she and her new husband Bennie Dickson turn to bank robbery for the thrill and money, starting with a daring heist just before her sixteenth birthday. As they pull off increasingly bold jobs across the Midwest, the young couple stays one step ahead of local law enforcement—until their luck draws the attention of federal authorities. Fast-paced and told with genuine crime-story swagger, this is the wild ride of two desperadoes riding high on adrenaline and stolen cash.

A young man suspecting foul play in his father's death challenges "Butte" Bronson to a high-stakes poker game, betting his very ranch on the cards. When Bronson scrounges up the cash to call, the boy springs a trap—the serial numbers on the bills match those his father carried the night he was killed. With a clever bluff and a keen eye for evidence, Frank Peters may just have cornered his father's true murderer at the card table.