Dancing Devil range

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A dusty freight train brings Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens to Northgate just as a fatal shooting unsettles the town. The two wandering cowboys have come to ask prices on cattle ranches for Bob Marsh of the Cattlemen's Association, but Sleepy suspects the errand has another purpose. Nearby Tomahawk Flats faces a bleak Christmas after its bank's collapse leaves ranch owners struggling to keep their homes and livelihoods.

W. C. Tuttle blends a Western setting with a detective story built around financial trouble, local loyalties and Hashknife's habit of asking useful questions. Conversations with ranchers show how deeply their lives are rooted in the land, while the partners' dry exchanges give the investigation a wry tone. Readers drawn to range mysteries will find both a puzzle and a close view of a community under pressure, with justice more important to the two cowboys than money or official standing.

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W. C. Tuttle

W. C. Tuttle (1883-1969) was an American author of popular western fiction, the son of a Montana sheriff, celebrated for his humorous and action-filled tales of the cowboy West.