Mrs. Lillian Kingsforth, the widowed proprietress of the Diamond Palace hotel, is being pressured to sell by several gambling entrepreneurs who believe the property can be put to better use—and whose business practices include attempting to murder her. Clint Adams is going to find out which one of Lillian's competitors wants her dead—and the Gunsmith's business methods usually involve a quick draw and a dead shot aim...
J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is an American author who writes in the Detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."
He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.