Slocum and the Undertakers (Slocum Series #296)

Slocum’s invited to attend a funeral—his own.

John Slocum was given two hundred dollars and a ticket to Cheyenne, Wyoming with the promise of employment, but not told what kind of services he’d be rendering. On board the train, he’s forced to defend himself against a badman who’s clothed like an undertaker—and lucky that Slocum didn’t put him six feet under.

Slocum’s assailant is just one of several gunfighters cryptically known as the Undertakers, who leave their victims flat on their back...