A Chaparral Western

Spur Award winner Dusty Richards is back with a brand-new adventure featuring a former Texas Ranger with a talent for finding trouble, even when he stays put…
 
Ex-Ranger Phil Guthrey swore he’d never stop roaming the West, bringing justice to the lawless whenever the situation called. But after cleaning up the criminals of Crook County, Arizona, he finds himself not only elected to be the county sheriff but settling down with a pretty, young girl for a wife.
 
Except keeping the peace in Crook County is less relaxing than Guthrey would have imagined. Border bandits are accustomed to raiding the territory at will, and they’re not too keen on giving up the practice. Between his new wife and a town under constant threat, this former Texas Ranger is about to get more than his fair share of action…Praise for Dusty Richards

“Another well-told story by Spur Award winner Dusty Richards. The author has a definite flair for details that put the reader right into the action. The turns of phrase and cowboy lingo he uses are very realistic and appropriate...You don’t want to miss this one.”—Roundup Magazine

"To read a Dusty Richards novel is to journey back into the Old West with a writer who knows the territory."—Jory Sherman

"Two time Spur winner Dusty Richards writes a fast moving story with the flavor of the real West."—Elmer Kelton

A former local TV news anchor, Dusty Richards now works as an announcer at rodeos. He was inducted into the Arkansas Writers' Hall of Fame and has published over 100 books under his name as well as pseudonyms.