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After visiting his late mother's people on the Mescalero reservation, Comanche tribal policemanDaniel Killstraight waits to catch a train home when local cowboys bring disturbing news: an Apachehas brutally murdered a teenage girl in the railroad town of Deming and locals want to lynch him.Killstraight has no jurisdiction in this territory and he doesn't care much for Apaches. He knowsnothing about Deming, the murdered girl, or the accused killer, but he is in no hurry to return home.So he heads for Deming to help a fellow Indian. Once he arrives, Killstraight learns that the accused,Francis Groves, is a brooding, embittered, binge-drinking white man who once lived with theChiricahuas and was known as "Walking Man." Killstraight sets out to prove Groves innocent -- in atown that hates Indians .



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Johnny D. Boggs

Johnny D. Boggs has worked cattle, been bucked off horses (breaking two ribs last time) , shot rapids in a canoe, hiked across mountains and deserts, traipsed around ghost towns, and spent hours poring over microfilm in library archives -- all in the name of finding a good story. He was won six Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and has been called by Booklist magazine "among the best western writers at work today." He also writes for numerous magazines, including True West, Wild West, Boys' Life and Western Art & Architecture, speaks and lectures often, studies old movies (Westerns and film noir) and even finds time to coach Little League. A native of South Carolina and former newspaper journalist, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife and son. His website is www.johnnydboggs.com.



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