Wild River Massacre

By: Jack Curtis

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Synopsis: General Falls survived the Indian wars, but not the hatred he earned. A pall of sorrow shadows Wild River. Here, the U.S. Cavalry troops of General Frederick Falls slaughtered hundreds of Kiowa men, women and children while they slept. But for General Falls, Wild River is to be a monument to his Indian-fighting prowess--and a critical stepping stone to his Presidential ambitions. The general never makes it to the dedication ceremony. One morning, he's found murdered--his head severed by a razor-sharp Kiowa battle ax. Few mourn Falls, a man of high cunning and low courage. But the Army, obliged to find the killer, offers a one-thousand-dollar reward. For veteran range detective Sam Benbow, there's no shortage of suspects, including the general's son, a junior officer constantly belittled by his august father; the schoolmarm whose brother was left to die because of the general's cowardice; the immigrant stone mason with a deep blood grievance, the half-breed scout whose family was lost in the massacre; and Falls's own secret business partner. A fear greater than any reward drives Benbow's pursuit. For, in the circle of suspects, he doesn't know the killer--but the killer knows him.