Hard Stone — James Clay

When range detective Rance Dehner kills outlaw Tully Brooks, he finds that the case will not be closed so easily. Before dying, Brooks tells Dehner that he was involved in a fake bank robbery in which no money was stolen. An innocent man has been arrested for the hold up, and Brooks wants Dehner to investigate. Dehner's compliance with a dying man's request sends him to Hard Stone, Colorado, where the fake robbery took place. This prosperous mining town is layered in mystery and violence; Dehner must deal with a high-stakes gambler, a mining engineer who's always quick to draw his gun, and a mysterious assailant who seems determined to ambush and kill the detective. With enemies all around him, can Dehner get to the bottom of this before it's too late?