When Deputy Royal Ballou returns to Jacob's Well from New Mexico, he discovers that Sheriff Tibbetts has been killed and replaced by Curley Hall, his murderer. (Western)
A Luke Short, JR western about a man of criminal activity that will not stop short of doing things to further go I'll gained wealth. When the Deputy is out of town on a mission for the Sheriff and the court the Sheriff is Murdered and the man responsible for the murder is one of the Sheriff's worse enemies. The deputy assumes that he is the culprit now how does he keep Track of a crooked Sheriff. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS