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Killing Art

(1975)
(The sixth book in the Adam Steele series)
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A prostitute is being maliciously teased by a crowd of redneck cowboys, and the woman turns to Steele for protection. Not a man to ignore a lady in distress, Steele comes to her rescue, narrowly missing being shot in the back by a timely intervention of a nearby traveling artist. Steele is now under obligation to another man - a scene he dislikes intensely.
The cowboys hire a fast gun to get their revenge, but Steele and the gunslinger are prevented from having a shootout by the arrival of the sheriff. Steele is a cunning man, and by engineering a fake hold-up on a train, attacks the gunslinger and his cronies.
Steele's reputation as a fast gun spreads like wildfire. Soon he learns that glory is not for the gunfighter - only fear, violence and danger.


Genre: Western

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