Ace High

Riverboat Captain Henry Morgan was in trouble. Business was bad aboard his sternwheeler, the Natchez Queen, so he hit upon a plan to increase the number of passengers by putting the word out that the famous Gunsmith, Clint Adams, would be travelling up and down the Mississippi, playing poker against all comers. But Morgan wasn't telling Clint the whole story. Someone was out to finish him for good, and he had no idea why. All he knew was that one attempt after another had been made to sabotage the Natchez Queen.
Between playing cards and satisfying the ladies - the beautiful Charlotte Chandler and the enigmatic Adelaide Berkley - Clint decided to find out. But there was to be death a'plenty before the final gunsmoke showdown ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J.R. Roberts is otherwise known as Robert J. Randisi, an American author who writes in the detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers." He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award. To date he has written more than 400 books in The Gunsmith series alone.


Genre: Western