The Search for Justice

The Culps return with a quick and formulaic installment to the Telegraph series. Tilman Wagner, new bride Catherine and adopted son in tow, arrives in town to help Catherine's brother, David, who is having trouble with his cattle ranch. Rustlers in the pay of David's neighbor are ransacking his herds, and he's got some domestic problems—his son Cam's gambling and drinking habits have him so in debt that he becomes a cattle rustler himself. With the help of old friend Butter, Tilman defeats the rustlers and saves the ranch before being called away again on another mission. The book doesn't aspire to much more than standard genre fare; it hits the requisite bases and will while away part of an afternoon. (Oct.)