Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal #61

Wyatt Earp arrives in Reedsville—a notorious town where lawmen go to die—hired by Mayor Meigs at double wages to restore order, only to discover there's a $10,000 bounty on his head waiting in Irish John's saloon safe. When an assassin's bullet misses and a brawl with the saloon owner turns unexpected, Earp begins to uncover the truth about who really wants him dead and why.

When gold fever strikes the Black Hills, Marshal Wyatt Earp finds himself caught between a desperate, starving town and a shrewd merchant hoarding supplies in his warehouse. As hunger drives ordinary citizens toward violence, Earp must uphold the law and protect Angus Whyte's property—even as the man seems bent on letting the whole community suffer. With a mob closing in and Whyte's past suggesting darker motives, Earp faces an impossible choice between his oath and the survival of those he's sworn to serve.

Wyatt Earp rides into Greens Ferry on a beautiful black stallion he's just bought for $200, proud of his bargain—but the horse's real owner, Red Pardo, recognizes the animal and accuses Earp of horse thieving. When the truth comes out that Earp was sold a stolen horse by a man named John Gibbons, Earp must clear his name and decide what to do about the deception. A frontier tale about doing right when you've been taken for a fool.

In the lawless period following the Civil War, discharged soldiers and deserters flood the Southwest as gun-slinging gangs, preying on defenseless frontier towns. When these marauding killers descend on a settlement, the farmers and townspeople who survived the war discover they must take up arms once more to drive out the blight threatening their new homes. A stark reminder that peace demands sacrifice from those who've already paid the price of violence.