"It should have been a routine prisoner pickup. But when Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long arrives in Curen Town, the young offender's father--who happens to run the town named after him--has no intentions of letting his son go to Denver for trial. When bribery and deception fail, Edward Curen, Sr., resorts to more desperate measures to stop Longarm--namely a $5,000 bounty on the lawman's head. Money like that is enough to turn decent townsfolk bloodthirsty--and...

Hired to protect flame-haired beauty Lucy Horton, who is dodging armed assassins on the streets of Denver, Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long must find out who wants her dead before they are both six feet under.

"The last lawmen who went sniffing after deranged killer Simon Grimm ended up headless, strung up in a lean-to. Now Deputy Marshal Long has hightailed it from Denver to the flyspeck town of Mesquite, Texas, to drag Grimm's sorry behind to justice ..."--Page 4 of cover

With the townspeople and local law armed with silver bullets, Longarm must get to the bottom of a werewolf legend and soon discovers that the bite of these rumored creatures is far worse than their bark.

"After some Arizona Rangers and U.S. marshals are bushwhacked while looking for a stolen cache of gold, it's Longarm's turn to ride down to the border town of Holy Defiance to find the killers and the loot. At his side is the heavenly Haven Delacroix, a pretty Pinkerton agent who is Longarm's match in more ways than one. The Pinkertons always get their man--and Haven is no exception. As they tangle with banditos, Apaches, and a wealthy ranch owner...

Longarm is determined to make sure an innocent widow doesn't go to the gallows for murdering her husband.

Two western stories describe a U.S. deputy's investigation into a cattle baron's murder with the help of his daughter and her partner, and Jessie Starbuck and Ki's battle against the men responsible for killing her father and rustling her cattle.

"When Longarm's old friend, Helen Morrow, asks for his help, the lawman doesn't hesitate. Now a successful madam running several bordellos, Helen informs him that someone is trying to run her out of business, sending threatening letters to her working girls. To catch the culprit, Longarm sets up his own business--the Star Saloon--which offers anything a man could desire, from beer and whiskey to cards and female companionship. It isn't long before...

Longarm takes a mild-mannered postal thief to Denver for trial, but will this be his last showdown?