The Tin God of Twisted River

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens ride into the hard country of Twisted River with their trademark mix of wit, suspicion, and bad luck, only to find themselves pulled into a mystery that smells of rustling, betrayal, and death. In Calumet, their reunion with old friends at the Ten Bar saloon shows off their clashing temperaments—Hashknife calm and shrewd, Sleepy dryly argumentative—while a delayed, unsigned warning letter sends them toward the HL ranch and a threat they can't ignore. The road to Arapaho City turns dangerous fast: a lone tracker, Hank Ludden, closes in on stolen cattle, gunfire breaks out in the hills, and the cowboys are caught in the crossfire. Once in Arapaho City, the dusty town's sheriff, Pete Darcey, and the grim mood of a funeral reveal a community under strain. Hashknife's stubborn loyalty keeps him from walking away, even as the evidence points to deeper trouble at abandoned corrals and lonely ranches. With sharp banter, frontier suspense, and flashes of grief, W. C. Tuttle's Western blends action, mystery, and hard-earned humanity in a landscape where courage is tested and justice comes at a price.