book cover of Gunsmoke
 

Gunsmoke

(2023)
(The first book in the U.S. Marshal Sling Dolan Western series)
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U.S. Marshal Sling Dolan is the only thing between mayhem and peace in El Paso, Texas, in 1880. “Sin City” boasts a population of four thousand and is growing daily. Dolan and Deputy Marshal Festive Reeds attempt to contain the violence in the Devil’s Triangle in Sin City with the help of a lazy sheriff and a shifty deputy.

Rancher Chuck Conrad runs a small spread with his son Chip just outside town. Rustlers have been stealing their livestock and creating chaos, so the two head to town to seek help from the marshal.

Steve Rand is a bounty hunter, and he is looking for the man on his poster—WANTED: DEAR OR ALIVE. He’s hunting John Walsh Webb for double murder and train and stagecoach robberies. He intends to collect the five hundred dollars on Webb’s head. As an old acquaintance of Marshal Sling Dolan, he looks him up for a helping hand.

Miss Candy Wellworth owns the Long Tree Saloon across the street from the marshal’s office. She and Sling have been seeing each other for years, but every time marriage comes up in conversation, something happens to put it off yet again.

Between her full-time job and the marshal’s duties, little time is left for romance. Still, she fights for her slice of the marshal’s time. She has to share her beau with most of the county, but she knows it’s for the good of El Paso and Texas.


Genre: Western

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