When Clint Adams drifts into Placerville to do a little gunsmithing, he's counting on a peaceful, uneventful stay. But when he meets up with his old friend Bat Masterson, he knows there won't be a dull moment. Bat's got himself a human money-making machine name of Lenny Youngerโalias the Oregon Stranglerโa gentle, Bible-reading giant who can't be out-rassled by any man alive.
Then big trouble arrives when the town's most popular fancy-lady turns up throttled to death. Lenny's the first suspect, and now it's up to two legendsโMasterson and the Gunsmithโto find the real killer before Lenny dies dancingโat the end of a rope.