Drew Woodson thought he was running a lucky streak. First he won a claim from Blackjack Logan in a poker game, and then it yielded a lucky strike. But the feeling turned when his stash of gold and his young partner, Tommy Garth, turned up missing. Drew realized that Blackjack Logan, who threw in with Reno Slade's gang, had taken revenge by capturing Tommy and stealing his gold. Drew dreaded telling the beautiful Celene, Tommy's fiancé, that Tommy had been kidnapped and probably murdered. But he keeps his doting feelings for her to himself as he delivers the crushing news. In pursuit of the robbers, Drew finds, not Tommy, but one of the bandits hanged, and he must face the possibility that his own partner has betrayed him. Determined to discover the truth, Drew is forced to become a player in the Devil's Game.
Loretta Jackson, along with her sister Vickie Britton, is the author of over thirty-eight published novels. Their mysteries Path of the Jaguar and Nightmare in Morocco have been reprinted as Thorndike Large Print editions and have sold internationally. The sisters are also authors of the Jeff McQuede High Country Mystery series and the archaeological Ardis Cole Mystery Series.
Both writers are drawn to the western setting, which has provided a background for much of their recent work. The sisters are co-authors of Stone of Vengeance, a mystery which takes place in the modern-day West, as well as three traditional Westerns with a hint of mystery: The Devil's Game, The Fifth Ace and The Wild Card.
They are currently working on another Jeff McQuede High Country Mystery.
Loretta is a former teacher who spent several years on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
