A crowd gathered around the dead man, some of them cowboys from the Watering Hole drawn by the familiar sound of gunfire. The director and his two leads hung back in the doorway. A police officer in harness came blasting his whistle to clear a path. No one paid any attention to the elderly bean-slinger hobbling in the opposite direction.
On the sidewalk, Randy whistled an old cattle lullaby, waiting for the next streetcar to come racing along. When it did, he stepped out in front of it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Loren D. Estleman has written more than seventy novels and has won Shamus Awards for detective fiction, Spur Awards for Western fiction, and Western Heritage Awards. The Western Writers of America has awarded Estleman the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contribution to Western Literature. He lives with his wife, author Deborah Morgan, in central Michigan. You can sign up for email updates here.
BOOKS BY LOREN D. ESTLEMAN
Kill Zone
Roses Are Dead
Any Man’s Death
Motor City Blue
Angel Eyes
The Midnight Man
The Glass Highway
Sugartown
Every Brilliant Eye
Lady Yesterday
Downriver
Silent Thunder
Sweet Women Lie
Never Street
The Witchfinder
The Hours of the Virgin
A Smile on the Face of the Tiger
City of Widows*
The High Rocks*
Billy Gashade*
Stamping Ground*
Aces & Eights*
Journey of the Dead*
Jitterbug*
Thunder City*
The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association*
The Master Executioner*
White Desert*
Sinister Heights
Something Borrowed, Something Black*
Port Hazard*
Poison Blonde*
Retro*
Little Black Dress*
Nicotine Kiss*
The Undertaker’s Wife*
The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion*
American Detective*
Gas City*
Frames*
The Branch and the Scaffold*
Alone*
The Book of Murdock*
Roy & Lillie: A Love Story*
The Left-Handed Dollar*
Infernal Angels*
Burning Midnight*
Alive!*
The Confessions of Al Capone*
Don’t Look for Me*
Ragtime Cowboys*
You Know Who Killed Me*
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
About the Author
Books by Loren D. Estleman
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE LONG HIGH NOON
Copyright © 2015 by Loren D. Estleman
All rights reserved.
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First Edition: May 2015