| Author: | Raymond Cook | ISBN: | 1230000746038 |
| Publisher: | Raymond Cook | Publication: | August 8, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Raymond Cook |
| ISBN: | 1230000746038 |
| Publisher: | Raymond Cook |
| Publication: | August 8, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
About This Book
An Appointment With The Gallows! © 2014 by Raymond Cook is a 274 page western romance story about a series thefts of silver strongbox shipments in the town of Silverton destined for the Denver Mint. U. S. Marshal Albert H. Jones received several telegrams from the owner of The Highland Mary Mine owner regarding continued attacks on his silver shipments and the murders of those men guarding the freight wagons.
Three different times the marshal’s office dispatched a deputy marshal to investigate the thefts but they were never heard from again. An attorney in Silverton believes the telegrapher, sheriff and blacksmith are part of the gang. Marshal Jones devises a brilliant plan to send a blacksmith working in the marshal’s stable undercover to discover who is behind the silver shipment thefts.
Richard Waters is sworn in and will travel to Silverton but he needs an alibi for arriving in Silverton. Because he isn’t married he needs a tough as nails gal to pose as his wife. Marshal Jones knows the perfect woman to play the part of the deputy marshal’s wife. Her name is Susan Sinclair and she’s being held in the Marble City Jail convicted of murdering a man in a saloon where she worked as a whore and is about to be hanged.
Deputy Marshal Waters arrives in Marble, offers the woman a governor’s pardon and a $2,500 reward if she agrees to marry him and accompany him to Silverton. Reluctantly she agrees to marry the lawman and risk her life in her fight to be pardoned. Together they must use their wits to find out what they can and report back to a deputy marshal waiting for them in a nearby town but something goes terribly wrong.
About This Book
An Appointment With The Gallows! © 2014 by Raymond Cook is a 274 page western romance story about a series thefts of silver strongbox shipments in the town of Silverton destined for the Denver Mint. U. S. Marshal Albert H. Jones received several telegrams from the owner of The Highland Mary Mine owner regarding continued attacks on his silver shipments and the murders of those men guarding the freight wagons.
Three different times the marshal’s office dispatched a deputy marshal to investigate the thefts but they were never heard from again. An attorney in Silverton believes the telegrapher, sheriff and blacksmith are part of the gang. Marshal Jones devises a brilliant plan to send a blacksmith working in the marshal’s stable undercover to discover who is behind the silver shipment thefts.
Richard Waters is sworn in and will travel to Silverton but he needs an alibi for arriving in Silverton. Because he isn’t married he needs a tough as nails gal to pose as his wife. Marshal Jones knows the perfect woman to play the part of the deputy marshal’s wife. Her name is Susan Sinclair and she’s being held in the Marble City Jail convicted of murdering a man in a saloon where she worked as a whore and is about to be hanged.
Deputy Marshal Waters arrives in Marble, offers the woman a governor’s pardon and a $2,500 reward if she agrees to marry him and accompany him to Silverton. Reluctantly she agrees to marry the lawman and risk her life in her fight to be pardoned. Together they must use their wits to find out what they can and report back to a deputy marshal waiting for them in a nearby town but something goes terribly wrong.
