Dead Weight

The Gunsmith Giant #10

by J.R. Roberts

Clint Adams has always been one to help a lady in need—but carrying her dead husband in a pine box? This one takes the cake. Rachel Chandler, the beautiful widow in distress, knows how to use her plentiful assets to work just about any man, but the Gunsmith is a hard nut to crack. She manages to turn his charity into a full-time job as Clint becomes a long-distance pallbearer to fulfill her husband’s dying wish—to be laid to rest in West Texas. From St. Louis to the burial site, they run into a lot of mysterious people who know more about their journey than Clint does. It seems as though Rachel has a story to tell, but he lips are as tight as a coffin lid. He’s trying to treat it like any other job. But is Rachel as helpless as she says? One thing the Gunsmith must make damn sure of, Texas won’t be the end of his line … ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.R. Roberts is otherwise known as Robert J. Randisi, an American author who writes in the detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers." He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award. To date he has written almost 400 books in The Gunsmith series alone. Check us out at www.piccadillypublishing.org

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 25, 2005

About the author

"J.R. Roberts" is the pen name of Robert J. Randisi under which he writes the Gunsmith series.

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Reviews

[Barbara Lee Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT'S IN THE COFFIN

The Gunsmith is at it again, helping a woman who looks lost, frustrated and hot.
Great adventurous plot with the The Gunsmith assists a recent widow whose returning her husband's body to Texas for burial, so she said.
Lots of action, also a bit of law regarding ownership of properties by a widow..women had no rights..no wonder they were so rough.
Yeah, you have the dysfunctional family, the father treating his daughter as his wife and had warned his sons her brothers not to touch her. We all know there was a shortage of women in west...but not your daughter..what a mess..🌵