E. Jefferson Clay

Mack Halligan and Kid Chaney were rivals in more ways than one. They both loved the same woman, and she loved them, too . though she could never decide which one to marry. But the two men also ran rival outlaw gangs. The difference was that Halligan's was hopeless, the men in it harmless and amateur, while Kid Chaney's was slick, efficient and always successful. When Chaney stole Duke Benedict's new horse, the gambling man made it his mission to track Chaney down and take the animal back.
His big partner, Hank Brazos, agreed to side him on his quest. But Brazos had an ulterior motive. If they could put Kid Chaney behind bars, it would leave the way open for Mack Halligan to marry the girl of his dreams and return to the straight and narrow. But that was a big if. The Tiger twins, both notorious assassins, were after them on a separate matter. and a lot of men would die before they all reached trail's end!