Cold Deck, Hot Lead
by J. T. Edson
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In this game, the winning hand is the one that holds the gun! A cardsharp with a conscience, Frank Derringer comes to the crooked town of Tribune, Kansas, looking to even a score or two. But after cheating the cheaters who robbed a good friend blind in a fixed game, Frank's escape doesn't go exactly as planned -- especially after he hooks up with a sharp-shooting lady named Martha Jane Canary, better known as "Calamity." True to her moniker, Calamity Jane's soon leading Frank into a hail of show more gunfire that's surrounding a dead man's dying words and a fortune in stolen gems. Now, stripped of the one edge they've both always had -- the advantage of working alone -- Frank and Jane are riding hell for leather into a deadly free-for-all and a killer's ingenious trap. And it'll take a sharp eye, a quick gun, and a strong dose of gambler's luck to keep them alive long enough to rake in the pot. show lessTags
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John Thomas Edson (1928) better known as J. T. Edson, is an English author of 137 Westerns, escapism adventure, and police-procedural novels. He has lived near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire since the 1950s, and retired from writing due to ill-health in 2005. Some of his titles included: Texas Fury, Texas Warrior, Oklahoma Outlaw and Ranch war. show more (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Cold Deck, Hot Lead
- Original publication date
- 1969
- Dedication
- For Chris and David Herod plus 'all friends' at 17 Sapcote Drive
- First words
- The moment he picked up the deck of cards after changing a hundred-dollar bill for Eli Nabbes, Frank Derringer knew for certain that he was sitting in a crooked game designed to take all his precious winnings and every cent i... (show all)n his pockets.
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