The further exploits of Hayden Tilden continue from the author of Written in Blood Tilden's latest mission: track down the Coltrane brothers, who butchered most of the Cassidy family and made off with their daughter, Daisy. But when a girl down in Texas claims to be Daisy Cassidy, Tilden smells a lie. Still, he and his partners set off to escort her from Texas to Arkansas-and if they should come across the Coltranes, there might be no need to bring them back alive.

When a Texas badman winds up on the wrong side of the bullet, Lucius Dodge and the black-haired angel who saved his life find themselves with a bounty on their heads. They can either stay put and wait for death-or fight back.

Determined to find her family's murderers, fifteen-year-old Clementine Webb vows to hunt them down, one by one. Texas Ranger Lucius Dodge tries to talk some sense into the little lady. Trading lead with stone- cold killers is men's work. At least it's what Lucius always thought- until darling Clementine shows her aim is true.