A U.S. marshal sees plenty of both, but this time Custis Long's in for more than his share. He's hunting down a sheriff with a shady past when he gets sidetracked by a few pesky item--like a Wells Fargo stage full of gold. Like a trio of gunslicks headed by a pint-sized pistolero named Mary Lou. Like a pretty schoolmarm who's taken hostage in a holdup ...
Bloodthirsty murderer Johnny Danfield leaves a list of his victims pinned to the chest of each freshly killed corpse, and Longarm must stop the killing before the list of the dead gets any longer.
Longarm’s been around enough bad guys to know how to act like one… Escorting a wanted man from El Paso to Denver is a peach of an assignment for Longarm, until—right before his eyes—an assassin empties a six-gun into his prisoner. Chasing the shooter off the train, Longarm finds himself caught in a torrential downpour. But his rain of bullets hits its mark. He kills the gunman…only to run into his accomplices in the storm. Lucky for Longarm, they think he is the gunman. Now he can get close to the man who ordered the hit on his prisoner—the Kansas badman Sand Lachlan, who’s proven as elusive as his namesake every time he slips through justice’s fingers… So now it’s up to Longarm to show Sand who’s made of true grit…
Longarm GIANT novels…the biggest and best in Western adventure! When Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long turns the tables on a band of stagecoach bandits, he does more than just save the day. After blasting one of the badmen, he discovers a map of Nevada Territory showing a remote area circled—Zamora. Haunted by the feeling that the bandits are headed to the ghost town of Zamora, Custis feels duty-bound to hunt them down. But Zamora is no hole-in-the-wall hideout—it’s a heavenly haven for the lawless ruled by one of the most powerful, brilliant, and beautiful women in the West...A woman whose personal army will fight to the death for her… A woman whom Longarm will have to face, up close and personal…
Longarm’s got his eyes on justice, and his hands on the Defense! As a US Deputy Marshal, Custis Long has gone after more than his fare share of trouble. But when trouble runs right into him—wearing a blood-stained night gown no less—he knows he’ll be in for quite a ride. It seems the wealthy silver mine owner Jericho Malone has just been stabbed to death in his own home, and his blood is on the night gown of his young, attractive second wife Estelle. Malone’s daughter always suspected that Estelle would sink to any level to get at their father’s money, and there’s an eye witness who swears he found her lying on the body, clutching the impaled knife in her hands. So when her defense lawyer up and collapses on the court room floor, it looks like then end of the line for Mrs. Malone. But with Longarm’s particular talent for persuading the fairer sex, Mrs. Malone has another lawyer in no time—a real fine darling of defense—and Longarm is there to make sure justice is served.
Longarm tracks a bad man…all the way to his grave. The moment Gideon Horne kills an upstanding man of the law, Longarm knows he’ll track the infamous badman from here to Kingdom Come, just to make sure he meets his maker. But catching up to his quarry in the Death Valley town of Panamint, he discovers the job is already half done... It seems Gideon has taken ill with cholera, and the whole town is at risk of infection. While a lovely lady doctor tries to control the crisis, Longarm sticks around in case Gideon lives—so he can watch him hang. Only Gideon’s not the only crook in Panamint, and Longarm’s preparing for an outbreak of lead.
Longarm—wanted dead or alive! Custis Long has had his share of hard nights followed by even harder mornings-after. But none so bad as when he wakes up in Medallion, Arizona, with a head full of pain, no memory of how he got there—and a dead redhead in bed next to him. Worse, someone’s made off with his U.S Marshal badge and official papers. Set up for murder, Long knows his only chance is to find the real killer. But to do that, he’s going to have to remember what he came to town to do and find out who wants to stop him—before he ends up the guest of honor at a lynching party…
Longarm gives a bunch of kidnapping killers a taste of hot lead. Beautiful, blushing bride-to-be Casey Summerville was all set to say, “I do!” after “Till death do you part.” She never expected her groom to die before the vows, gunned down in the streets of Arapaho by the bank-robbing Drummond Gang on their wedding day. And being carried off by the outlaws is no honeymoon. It’s up to Longarm to catch the mangy murderers and rescue Casey, who just happens to be best friends with his lovely lady friend, Cynthia Larimer. But when Cynthia lights out on her own in pursuit of her abducted friend, Longarm has to save both of them—and wipe out the wedding crashers one slug at a time.
