Sudden 2: Sudden at Bay

2nd in the Sudden series by Frederick H Christian. The Cotton boys owned the town. Nothing moved in or out without their say– so. Drifters weren’t encouraged. Move on, they were told. There’s a lot of lead in the air. All except one moved on. He was a dark- haired stranger who gave the name Green, and asked about two men he was looking for. When the Cottons tried to gun down an unarmed kid, he took a hand. The Cotton boys decided to make an example of him to the rest of the town. They didn’...