Dig two graves

When the town's newspaper office is burnt to the ground and the owner murdered, suspicion falls on the young deputy marshal of Progress, Lane Cutler. His alibi - that he was being held prisoner and totured at the time of the killing - persuades veteran lawman Ben McCabe to go in search of the truth. The marshal runs into a wall of silence, propped up by blackmail and revenge, and when there are more killings, McCabe is forced to enlist a friend of Cutler's, to stand by his side during the final violent showdown ... - Publishers description.