El Rancho Rio — Mignon G. Eberhart

A BLOODY SPIKE… A TRAIL OF BLOOD…A MURDER WEST OF NOWHERE

The railroad spike was only a harmless souvenir until it became a murder weapon. Beautiful Mady Wilson was alone at her husband's isolated ranch when she found it out on the trail -- next to a dead man.

But why did she hide it? And just when the servants and guests -- including her husband, his glamorous ex-wife and Mady's handsome former fiancé were arriving.

Swiftly and silently murder struck again during a raging blizzard. Clearly the murderer was someone at the ranch. And he was ready to kill again…