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Book SynopsisA trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl Webster - star of THE HOT KID.
1940s'' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the Pacific, is called in to investigate. Among others, he comes across a Jewish gangster bent on revenge for the Holocaust; a rodeo bull rider turned lawman; and a former Nazi guard who is a persistent runaway.
Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters'' molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers'' wartime promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined...
Trade Review'Leonard fans will love it.' CATHOLIC HERALD
