The Wages of Sin

From the Spur Award-winning author, a Pinkerton agent and his partner go in search of a killer in this western historical crime novel.

With outlaws wrecking havoc left and right, a cow town in Texas is on the brink of becoming a ghost town. That's when it's time to call in Chicago-based Pinkerton agent Ash Tallman and his partner Vivian Valentine. Going undercover as a handsome, charming drifter, Ash is always ready with his gun and popular with the ladies. And the lovely, vivacious Viv plays the role of a fervent evangelist, offering salvation—with the promise of a sweeter reward—to any sinner who can give her clues to the whereabouts of the man so bent on revenge he gladly kills anyone who crosses his path.

But this outlaw has never before encountered the likes of Ash Tallman . . .

Praise for Matt Braun:

“Matt Braun is a master storyteller of frontier fiction.” ―Elmer Kelton, Spur Award-winning author of The Good Old Boys

“Matt Braun has a genius for taking real characters out of the Old West and giving them flesh-and-blood immediacy.” ―Dee Brown, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

“Matt Braun is one of the best!” ―Don Coldsmith, Spur Award-winning author of The Spanish Bit series

“He tells it straight-and he tells it well.” ―Jory Sherman, Spur Award-winning author of Grass Kingdom

“Braun blends historical fact and ingenious fiction . . . A top-drawer Western novelist!” ―Robert L. Gale, author of Louis L'Amour