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The third book in John Ray Horn's saga finds him at odds with the politics of the day when the "Red Scare" in Washington reaches Hollywood and anyone with a taint of Communism finds themselves on a blacklist. Blacklist's are nothing new to Horn, who found himself on one after throwing some righteous punches at a studio owner's son who'd lamed the horse he rode to Western B-Movie stardom. Since then he's found odd jobs collecting cash for his ex-sidekick turned gambler and looking into the occasional murder when needed. He's not anxious to get involved in anyone else's troubles, especially political ones, which are alien to his cowboy ways.

Book Description: John Ray Horn, blacklisted B-movie hero and ex-con turned debt collector, reluctantly takes on a job to help out Owen Bruder, a former writer on his way to prison for his suspected communist sympathies, until a violent death makes matters worse. This powerful noir thriller evokes all the decadence and superficial glamour of late 1940s Hollywood.

(Source: Orion Publishing)