When the Gold Dust Died in Deadwood - Wendelboe, C. M.
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Fresh out of the territorial prison, Tucker Ashley meets up with his old friend Jack, who staked a claim along Deadwood Gulch at the beginning of the Black Hills gold rush. But they arrive at the claim to find it has been jumped by two men. Jack and Tucker kick them off, only to be confronted by rule enforcers for the mining district-Zell McGinty and his son, Trait, gunmen known for their ruthlessness. Tucker's long prison sentence-away from the daily practice of gun handling-has deadened his skills, so he and Jack are powerless to resist them and are forced off their claim.They learn that…mehr

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Fresh out of the territorial prison, Tucker Ashley meets up with his old friend Jack, who staked a claim along Deadwood Gulch at the beginning of the Black Hills gold rush. But they arrive at the claim to find it has been jumped by two men. Jack and Tucker kick them off, only to be confronted by rule enforcers for the mining district-Zell McGinty and his son, Trait, gunmen known for their ruthlessness. Tucker's long prison sentence-away from the daily practice of gun handling-has deadened his skills, so he and Jack are powerless to resist them and are forced off their claim.They learn that miners all along the gulch have been killed. Indians are being blamed-until Jack and Tucker uncover that most of them were murdered by the McGintys, who'd filed with the mining district for the dead men's claims. The dead include the son of Ramona Hazelton of Hazelton Oil, who was killed and scalped, a Lakota arrow in his back. She offers a reward for the Indian who killed her son, sending a swarm of greedy miners into the hills to find him, but few of them return.When the McGintys find out Tucker has uncovered their murderous scheme, Trait goes on the hunt for Tucker. But Tucker's legendary skills with a pistol still have to be relearned, and all the while, he's looking over his shoulder, waiting to be confronted by the deadly gunman.
Autorenporträt
C. M. Wendelboe entered the law enforcement profession when he was discharged from the Marines as the Vietnam War was winding down. In the 1970s, his career included assisting federal and tribal law enforcement agencies embroiled in conflicts with American Indian Movement activists in South Dakota. He moved to Gillette, Wyoming, and found his niche, where he remained a sheriff's deputy for more than twenty-five years. During his thirty-eight-year career in law enforcement, he had served successful stints as police chief, policy adviser, and other supervisory roles for several agencies. Yet he always has felt most proud of "working the street." He was a patrol supervisor when he retired to pursue his true vocation as a fiction writer. Wendelboe is a prolific author of murder mysteries with a Western flair, as well as traditional Westerns. He writes the Spirit Road Mysteries, the Bitter Wind Mystery series, the Nelson Lane Frontier Mysteries, and the Tucker Ashley Western Adventure series.