Blue-Eyed Devil (A Cole and Hitch Novel)

Once, Appaloosa law was Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Now there's a new chief of police: Amos Callico, a vindictive, power-hungry tin star with a big pearl-handled Colt inside his coat. An ambitious man with his eye on the governorship - and perhaps the presidency - he could use Cole and Hitch on his side. However, this time the paid guns aren't for hire, which makes Callico a very vengeful man.

When Callico begins shaking down local merchants for protection money, those who don't want to play along seek the help of Cole and Hitch. But the guns for hire are thorns in the side of the ambitious chief. When they are forced to fire on the trigger-happy son of a politically connected landowner, Callico sees his dream begin to crumble. There will be a showdown - but who'll be left standing?