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A small boy’s parents are killed in his Texas home while he is hiding beneath the floorboards. Clint Adams comes upon the scene, buries the man and woman, then finds the little boy. He takes it upon himself to deliver the boy to his Uncle, in California, while being tracked by the killers, who think the boy might be able to identify them.
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.