Publisher's Synopsis
Connie Wheeler, the owner of the Thief Creek Hotel, was looking ahead to when her husband returned home. But Wheeler wasn't coming home, and it was left to Cord Mitchell - the man who'd killed him - to come and tell her how he'd died. His grim duty over, Mitchell was ready to ride on when, overnight, the hotel became the destination of Big Max and his gang of desperadoes, a condemned killer and his escort, plus a boatload of trouble. There was no way this Texan loner could quit until the trouble was over and Thief Creek ran red with blood...
