A BARGAIN WITH DEATH
Passing uneasily through the dried-up town of Espero, Texas, John Slocum learns soon enough that his apprehension is justified. After a not-so-friendly welcome at the Six Feet Under Saloon, he s given the choice between a bullet or a bit of employment: Escort the town mortician s strikingly pretty bride-to-be from a train station at Dexter Junction in exchange for a hefty sum.
But with someone after the gunslinger and the mysterious beauty, Slocum reckons that the undertaker neglected to tell him the whole story. There s treachery in store for Slocum upon returning to Espero, a place where men have been known to land in an early grave "much"too early
Slocum Buried Alive
The longest-running Western series in America today, the Slocum adventures by Jake Logan have entertained readers since 1975."