Longarm #393

A crazed killer has been nursing a grudge…

The friendly nurses tending to a wounded Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long give a whole new meaning to working the night shift. But despite the bedside manner of these angels dressed in white, Longarm has serious business to attend to.
 
Rogue lawman Eli Pittman put a slug in Marshal Billy Vail before using Longarm for target practice as well. Now the deranged deputy has lit out for Arizona Territory, and Longarm’s hell-bent on catching the man.
 
But he won’t be making this journey alone—the very lovely Nurse Danby has fled her fiancé to run off with Longarm. And if Pittman is as good with a gun as they say he is, Longarm may just need a nurse at his side…

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