Dark Kill: A Western Duo (Five Star First Edition Western)

A major contributor to the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction, Todhunter Ballard also wrote westerns in the same style. Two of his finest are offered here. In the title story, two brothers who inherit a cattle empire split their father's legacy down the middle because they don't get along. When trouble starts, each blames the other. But there's a third party that wants both of them out of the picture. In Railroad Doctor, orphan Hy West is raised by outlaws, then captured and made a ward of Soda Springs' alcoholic doctor. Fleeing his abuse, West becomes a doctor -- and is assigned to the railroad hospital at Soda Springs.