Longarm and the Dwarf's Darling (Longarm Series #343)

by Tabor Evans

Overview

Big trouble comes in small packages…

Chugwater, Wyoming is being run by the small, deadly fist of The Dwarf House Saloon. And with the mayor out of the picture, there’s just five days before its miniature, murdering proprietor makes bail and owns the town. U.S. Marshal Custis Long’s assignment is to hunt down and drag back the star witness—a showgirl—to sing her tune to the jury and keep him behind bars where he belongs. But with a two-thousand-dollar bounty on her head and the dwarf’s toughies behind every butte, Longarm’s got to move quickly and aim fast, or they’ll soon be dancing on the wrong side of the sod…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101007273
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/29/2007
Series:	Longarm , #343
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	437,790
File size:	281 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tabor Evans is the author of the long-running Longarm western series, featuring the adventures of Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

 

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Caught Off His Mark

Longarm glanced at the girl standing wet and naked behind him and motioned her under the bed. She grabbed a towel and, quickly wrapping it around herself, got down on her hands and knees and scrambled out of sight beneath the sagging mattress and overhanging quilt.

Breathing shallowly, Longarm gained his feet.

The floorboards vibrated as, out in the hall, the three men sauntered toward Longarm’s room. The drink-thick banter resonated off the walls.

Longarm pressed his back against the wall left of the door and held the Winchester at port, thumbing back the hammer and snugging his finger against the trigger. He followed the men by their voices and footsteps, until they were directly between his door and the door of Room Nine.

The smell of sweaty, dusty bodies, leather, liquor, and horses tainted the air.

Longarm stiffened, held his breath, waiting.

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LONGARMAND THE DWARF’S DARLING

 

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Chapter 1

From the bottom of a deep pit of warm, blissful sleep, Custis Long, known as Longarm to friend and foe, heard someone clear his throat.