Hanging Judge

Written by Michael Newton

under the pseudonym Lyle Brandt

Book 5 of the Lawman series

Finalist in the 2010 Spur Awards for

Best Original Mass  Market Paperback

by the Western Writers of America!!!

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Unmasking A Mastermind

U.S. Marshal Jack Slade dreads the grim routine of hanging days. But this one is anything but routine. Just as the condemned men march to the ropes, shots ring out, sending the hanging judge tumbling from his viewing balcony. By the end of the shoot-out, three nameless gunmen have bitten the dust, but one has fled...

Beware! The silent brotherhood remembers!...Traitors die, and so shall you!

This note from the judge's pocket, along with a single matchbox, is all Slade has to track the gunman. As he follows these slim leads to the town of Last Resort, Slade hears ominous tales about a son of Dixie--and the resurrection of a groups of hooded killers he thought long gone. To release their deadly grip on the area, Slade's going to need a sure hand...and a ready gun.