Black aces
By: Stephen Payne
Publisher: Gunsmoke
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781405682527
Subjects: Poker players; Fiction; Extortion; Ranch life; Land tenure
Description: Tedro Ames has lost his ranch and his sweetheart to his devil-may-care antics. He must either redeem himself, or resign himself to a future as the laughing stock of the Swiftwater area. A gang of ruthless blackmailers is terrorizing the town and leaving black aces with their ransom notes. Tedro gets a "Black Ace," and when he meets up with another black ace victim, blacksmith Henry Kline, he knows what he must do. He'll prove himself worthy of his neighbors and of his love by unmasking the "Black Ace" gang.