Kidnapped — James J. Griffin

Texas Ranger Tim Bannon makes a detour on his way home to visit an old friend, Sheriff Dave Owens, in Alice, and to get in a bit of fishing. Instead, he and the sheriff discover Deputy Hank Plunkett missing, and a ransom note left on his desk. The mystery deepens when Owens kills the missing deputy in a cleverly designed trap set by the outlaws, and a new ransom note, claiming the kidnappers are holding the daughter of the local rabbi, is found.