Blood to Burn

A Western Mystery of Honor and Retribution

By: Jack Curtis

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Sam Benbow owes his life to a friend. He intends to repay that debt—no matter the cost.

When Sam Benbow learns that his old army comrade Billy Faraday has vanished, he abandons the Kansas cattle trail and rides out to find the man who once saved his life. What he finds instead is a mystery wrapped in silence, fear, and a single twenty-dollar gold piece that raises deadly questions.

Billy’s daughter, Elizabeth Faraday, has only two clues to her father’s fate: a brief letter and the coin he left behind. But the gold draws the attention of a crooked banker and his sharp-tongued accomplice—men who believe Billy stole a fortune from a New Orleans robbery gone wrong and hid it somewhere nearby.

They want the money. They’ll take Elizabeth to get it.

As the hunt turns violent and the trail burns hotter, Benbow is forced into a final reckoning—one that will test his loyalty, his nerve, and how much blood he’s willing to spill for honor and justice.

This time, there’s no badge to hide behind. Only fire, gun smoke, and the truth.

A gripping Western mystery of loyalty, vengeance, and frontier justice—bringing Sam Benbow’s journey to a powerful conclusion. A complete stand-alone case and the final book in the Sam Benbow series

Praise for the Westerns of Jack Curtis:

‘Pushes all the right buttons’—Western Review

‘Jack Curtis’s spare style and sharp eye for character will keep his books fresh well into the coming century’—Loren D. Estleman

‘Plenty of gunsmoke and hot lead to satisfy most aficionados of the genre’—The Capital Journal

‘A high-caliber tale of Montana revenge’—Kirkus Reviews

‘Plenty of mystery and suspense’—Wayne Barton

BLOOD TO BURN is Book 5 of the SAM BENBOW WESTERN MYSTERIES:

Book 1: WILD RIVER MASSACRE
Book 2: CUT AND BRANDED
Book 3: THE FIGHT FOR SAN BERNARDO
Book 4: THE MARK OF CAIN
Book 5: BLOOD TO BURN