The Butcher of the Bayou, Paperback

Clint is in Alban, Louisiana to help his friend, Scott Meyer, mend his law breaker ways by getting married and opening his own business. But while he is there, people are starting to show up not only murdered, but butchered in the most horrible ways imaginable. Before long, the killer-dubbed THE BUTCHER OF THE BAYOU-is becoming more and more blood thirsty and brazen, that the Gunsmith can no longer just stand by and observe. He throws in with the local law and begins tracking the killer down. After a vicious close encounter, it becomes a personal cat-and-mouse game between The Butcher and The Gunsmith, that can only end in blood.

J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is 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. 2013: Mr. Randisi received the President's Award (which recognizes a major career contribution to excellence in Western literature) from the ReadWest Foundation.