The Silver Bar Mystery

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. When Goober Glendon and Johnny Wells stop in rough Silver Bar, a poker game, a shooting, and an old acquaintance named Frank Austin pull them into a tangle of frontier secrets. A gun that has never been fired, a dead man named Jigger Slade, and a drunken young cowboy accused of murder all point to evidence tampering, hidden loyalties, and a justice system too shaky to trust. As the story widens across Silver Bar, Keno City, and Indian Wells, the Austins' troubles multiply. Frank Austin must face a hold-up, stolen diamonds, ranch scandal, and the possibility that his son Hal killed Slade after a quarrel. Hal's uneasy romance with the proud Mexican woman Juana Diaz, his secret marriage plans, and the tension between families, class, and reputation deepen the drama. Meanwhile, Cal Sands, Sheriff Smoky Hill, and prosecutor Ed Chandler circle the truth with rumor, suspicion, and half-admitted facts. Against drought, hard men, and dusty towns, Goober's dry wit and quiet cunning help hold together a tale of ranch politics, romance, rustling, and lawless frontier suspense.