They thought they had it all worked out. They were wrong.

The minute they set the kidnap in motion, nothing went according to plan. The men who were hired to steal the beautiful Norrie Findlay away from her husband’s vast ranch decided to go into business for themselves, figuring to take the ransom money and the woman herself, whom they both lusted after.

But Norrie herself had other ideas. And when, in desperation, she managed to escape their clutches, she ended up running into Buck Halliday.

Halliday agreed to help her cross the desert to get back to her husband, but there was something about the woman he just couldn’t entirely trust. And when they finally made it to the town of Calder, all hell broke loose.

The kidnappers were determined to recapture their prey, and were willing to kill anyone who stood in their way. They did, too. But as the bodies started piling up, they realized one important fact.

Buck Halliday was a hard man to kill!