Ace Double D-10 (1953). Cover Art by Ralph Smith
From the blurb on the first page:
A gunman's bullet slammed into Bill Helgar's chest the moment he first set foot in Reseda, a slug that had been intended to stop another man's scheming heart. The original target was Dan Trusand, a slick and cunning gambler, and when Dan nursed the youthful Bill back to health he had something more on his mind than mere gratitude. He had a very special role in mind for Bill to play . . .
There's no letdown in the pace of this top-notch novel by the author of "Tall in the Saddle" and the famous Red Clark stories. As one newspaper reviewer enthusiastically put it: "Gordon Young weaves a masterful plot toward a smash climax that includes a double lynching, a framed race of quarter horses, a shooting, and a showdown clouded with gunsmoke in a tense saloon."
Ace Double D-10 (1953). Cover Art by Ralph Smith
From the blurb on the first page:
A gunman's bullet slammed into Bill Helgar's chest the moment he first set foot in Reseda, a slug that had been intended to stop another man's scheming heart. The original target was Dan Trusand, a slick and cunning gambler, and when Dan nursed the youthful Bill back to health he had something more on his mind than mere gratitude. He had a very special role in mind for Bill to play . . .
There's no letdown in the pace of this top-notch novel by the author of "Tall in the Saddle" and the famous Red Clark stories. As one newspaper reviewer enthusiastically put it: "Gordon Young weaves a masterful plot toward a smash climax that includes a double lynching, a framed race of quarter horses, a shooting, and a showdown clouded with gunsmoke in a tense saloon."