Murphy's Law
(2026)(The first book in the Murphy: U.S. Marshal Western Adventure series)
A novel by Clem Mariotte and C Wayne Winkle
Trouble doesn’t find Murphy—he rides straight into it. And this time, the law may not be enough.
U.S. Marshal Murphy doesn’t look like much, and that’s exactly how he likes it. Quiet, watchful, and faster than most men care to test, he rides into the Texas Panhandle on a simple assignment that turns bloody before the dust settles. A widow’s ranch has been stripped bare, two good men lie in fresh graves, and the law in Caprock Crossing has gone silent when it matters most.
Eleanor Calder is holding what remains of the Bar-C together with grit and will, but every sign points to a powerful rancher tightening his grip on the territory, using hired guns and fear to take what he wants. Murphy signs on as a hand, but he’s riding a different trail than the one he claims, and every step closer to the truth puts him deeper in a fight that won’t be settled with words.
When the first shots are fired in the dark, Murphy proves he’s more than a drifter looking for wages, and the men behind the theft learn the hard way that this is no ordinary cowhand. But Rawlins isn’t the kind of enemy who backs down after a single loss, and with a boy, a widow, and a dying ranch caught in the middle, the stakes rise fast and deadly.
Out here, the land doesn’t forgive weakness, and the law only matters if a man is willing to enforce it. Murphy came to find the truth, but before it’s over, he may have to burn half the territory to bring it to light.
Ride with U.S. Marshal Murphy and see how the law is carried in a land where justice has to be taken at gunpoint.
Genre: Western
U.S. Marshal Murphy doesn’t look like much, and that’s exactly how he likes it. Quiet, watchful, and faster than most men care to test, he rides into the Texas Panhandle on a simple assignment that turns bloody before the dust settles. A widow’s ranch has been stripped bare, two good men lie in fresh graves, and the law in Caprock Crossing has gone silent when it matters most.
Eleanor Calder is holding what remains of the Bar-C together with grit and will, but every sign points to a powerful rancher tightening his grip on the territory, using hired guns and fear to take what he wants. Murphy signs on as a hand, but he’s riding a different trail than the one he claims, and every step closer to the truth puts him deeper in a fight that won’t be settled with words.
When the first shots are fired in the dark, Murphy proves he’s more than a drifter looking for wages, and the men behind the theft learn the hard way that this is no ordinary cowhand. But Rawlins isn’t the kind of enemy who backs down after a single loss, and with a boy, a widow, and a dying ranch caught in the middle, the stakes rise fast and deadly.
Out here, the land doesn’t forgive weakness, and the law only matters if a man is willing to enforce it. Murphy came to find the truth, but before it’s over, he may have to burn half the territory to bring it to light.
Ride with U.S. Marshal Murphy and see how the law is carried in a land where justice has to be taken at gunpoint.
Genre: Western
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