The Tarnished Badge

the long version

Three days out of Quirt, Arizona, on the trail of the bank robber Jake Worthy, Riley already knew it was a lost cause. Sheriff Fawcett had lost control of his men, the posse no longer getting along with each other, and he was legally obligated to halt his pursuit of Worthy once they reached the county line. But the posse felt itself to be under no such obligation, not as long as Worthy still had the stolen gold and they knew where he was heading - straight to the home of the beautiful and treacherous Rita Poole. And the hunger for gold made them too much for any man to hold back ...