A Wolf In The Fold : A Ralph Compton Novel
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2007
Place of publication: United States of America
Description: When it comes to taking lives, Lucius Stark is just about the meanest mongrel who ever aimed a gun in west Texas. For him, killing means making money, and if the price is right, he'll do  the job. But even the hardest of men has a soft spot....

A KILLER BETRAYED

When Stark grows too fond of a woman he is hired to kill in  a range war, his client shows his displeasure by shooting him in the back. Stark is saved by the Butcher family-- the very ranchers he was paid to eliminate. But when the  Butchers end up slaughtered without mercy, Stark sets out to deliver his own brand of vengeance...free of charge.