Shotgun messenger

the long version

The outlaws' first mistake was to shoot Rhett Coulter's dog. He wasn't a man to mess with, Norman Roberts and his gang of gunslicks discovered. And when Coulter's friend's ranch, the Block H, is burned down, his woman barely escapes with her life - another reason to put Roberts out of business - quite apart from the little matter of his hoard of stolen bullion. Coulter fights overwhelming odds, while events rapidly draw him towards the final, blistering showdown ...