Clint Adams has been hired to play poker against five of the world's wealthiest competitors on behalf of Virginia City banker Arliss Morgan—for a pot that's more than half a million dollars. There's an even greater risk involved when word of the game leaks out, making the money an easy target for every outlaw gang in the territory.
But the real threat comes from within Morgan's own camp. His wife has a scheme that will give her the winning hand—unless she tries to bluff the Gunsmith...
J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is an American author who writes in the Detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."
He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.