The Grabhorn Bounty — Clifton Adams

"The Grabhorn Bounty" is about a reward offered by a railroad firm for a robber whose name isn't even known. The hero is a man named Shade, a railroad detective, who follows a cold trail in an attempt to find the faceless killer. When he and an old scout follow the trail into a fear-paralyzed little town named Tribulation, sudden death and a baffling series of contradictory clues make for fast reading and keen enjoyment.