Hashknife and the Fantom Riders

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Rain, rustling, and gunfire drive this hard-edged Western mystery, where two weather-beaten cowboys step out of the storm and into the polished world of the wealthy Lanphers. Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens are hired to solve the disappearance of Circle Cross cattle in the dangerous Ghost Hills country, a case already marked by dead investigators, a murdered detective, and a feud tangled with money, pride, and prejudice. As the trail widens through Wolf Wells and the Circle Cross ranch, suspicion falls on Pinto Cassidy, his daughter Lorna, and Ben Lanpher, whose reckless loyalties threaten to ignite a family war. In saloons, courtrooms, and dusty roads, Hashknife's sharp eye keeps uncovering signs of staged violence, hidden riders, and the feared Fantom Riders. When a murder trial collapses, a wounded Jimmy the half-breed appears, and shots crack through the ranch yard, the danger turns immediate. With every clue shadowed by deceit, the cowboys must sort out who is hunted, who is lying, and who is ready to kill again.