Longarm #431: Longarm and the Sharpshooter - 431. (Jove mass-market edition.)

His prisoner had helpbut Longarm never saw who it was.

The backshooters bullet creased the nape of his neck, knocking him from his horse and rendering him unconscious.

Eager to make his getaway, Alton Gray made a fatal errorhe didnt take a moment to confirm that the lawman was dead.Now Deputy U.S.

Marshal Custis Long is back on the trail of the runaway prisonerand his ambushing accomplice.

A corrupt town marshal and a wily woman of ill repute may lead him to the elusive escapee, but to finish the job he started, Longarm will have to stick his neck out one more time