Elmore Leonard: Blood Money and Other Stories

From the Publisher:
Before he brilliantly traversed the gritty landscapes of underworld Detroit and Miami, the incomparable Elmore Leonard wrote breathtaking adventures set in America's nineteenth-century western frontier -- elevating a popular genre with his now-trademark twisting plots, rich characterizations, and scalpel-sharp dialogue.

For every story of inspiring moral courage in America's untamed West, there's one of greed and duplicity, of corrupted souls willingly sacrificed to a merciless deity of ill-gotten gold. The New York Times-bestselling Grand Master brings us seven unforgettable western tales of noble stands and cowardly compromises -- and battles of will more devastating than a blazing gunfight.

Elmore Leonard: Blood Money and Other Stories. Harper Torch; ISBN: 0061121630 (September, 2006), 208 p.,$5.99.