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A faceless New York investor sets in motion a hostile railroad takeover financed by more than a million dollars in counterfeit bearer bonds issued by a rival railroad. The work is carried out by a ruthless, ultra-secret crime syndicate using an enigmatic beauty hired to beguile unsuspecting bankers while passing the bogus paper. The Texas & Pacific Railroad turns to Pinkerton to stop the fraud while victimized banks retain the Great Western Detective League to recover their losses. Colonel David J. Crook assigns the case to ace operatives Briscoe Cane and Beau Longstreet. Pinkerton partner Reginald Kingsley is joined by seductively talented agent Samantha Maples in a pursuit that races across the west and southwest, riding the rails from one exciting encounter to the next unexpected twist.
About the Author
Readers say, pick-up a Paul Colt book, you can't put it down. Paul Colt historical novels crackle with authenticity. His analytical insight, investigative research and genuine horse sense bring history to life. His characters walk off the pages of history into the reader's imagination in a style that blends Jeff Shaara's historical dramatizations with Robert B. Parker's gritty dialog. Paul Colt history entertains and informs. Paul writes Action Adventure, western style.Paul's Grasshoppers in Summer was recently recognized with a coveted Will Rogers Medallion Award. Grasshoppers in Summer and Friends Call Me Bat are Western Writers of America Spur Award honorees. His Boots and Saddles a Call to Glory received the Marilyn Brown Novel Award, presented by Utah Valley University. Publisher's Weekly calls it "...a stunning success." His work in western fiction gives creative expression to a life long love of the west. Paul grew up as comfortable on the back of a horse as most kids are on a bicycle. He gets his boots dirty researching a story, whenever possible from the back of a horse.
