All Clint Adams wants is some good rest and some good food. But when he rides into Acuna, Mexico, he's met with a hotheaded Mexican looking to start a fight with the legendary Gunsmith. Clint tries to convince Juanito that he's messing with the wrong gringo, but the only thing that stops him is a bullet to the shoulder.
The wannabe pistolero will live, but the Montoya patriarch isn't about to let his family's reputation suffer for his son's stupidity. Now, with the wrath of the entire Montoya clan bearing down on him, Clint is outnumbered. But if he can convince three local mercenaries to stand with him, the Gunsmith just might get out of Mexico alive...
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.