Holt County Law: (Holt County -- Novella 1)
Holt County, Nebraska, 1882 On the edge of unorganized territory with moneyed cattlemen and killer horse thieves, anything goes and everyone is suspect. After Sheriff Bernard Kearns is killed in a gunfight Whit Branham failed to prevent, the deputy considers leaving O'Neill. But bad doings in the rough country of the Niobrara River offer him an opportunity for reasoned justice...or cold, hard revenge.