'Mercenary, ' 'Gun for hire, ' and 'Most dangerous man in Montana' were the saloon and barber shop rumors about Virgil Creede, but the real man, whom they didn't know, lived by a personal code with very high standards. Anyone bent on harming women or families went against that code, and for that reason Dora Pickett sought him out. Merciless Chicago underworld boss Jerome Pickett had set up business in gold-rich Helena, Montana dealing in money and murder. When he targets his own son for execution, Dora asks Virgil to help her innocent brother and his family escape their father's retaliation....

A Northwest Suspense Novel A botched poaching attempt, resulting in the murder of two Glacier National Park rangers, initially points to Earl Talbot as the killer, a reprobate from a Montana family with a 150-year criminal history behind them. Flathead County Sheriff's Sergeant Jake Fontaine and Detective Tiger Reagan believe they have an open-and-shut case with Talbot's arrest until an unidentified bootprint at the murder scene and a stained area on Earl's blood splattered jeans with DNA belonging to another person makes them question their 'facts'. Digging deeper, Jake and Tiger uncover a...