Justice Dominates

Set in Sheridan Wyoming in 1899 book eleven in the Checker Board series continues to follow the trials and tribulations of Judge Dave Smith and his family friends and foes. <br /><br />When a rattlesnake is set loose in his courtroom stopping a civil trial and creating chaos Dave suspects a hidden agenda and he sets about to learn who caused the mayhem and why. <br /><br />Separately following a prison break Dave's old US marshal partner Jim Bowen trails the Hole in the Wall outlaw gang eventually joining forces with former sheriff William Red Angus. <br /><br />Meanwhile at the Checker Board Dave's son Seth establishes a horseracing circuit showcasing the ranch's thoroughbred champions. <br /><br />As the judge and his friends attempt to stop notorious bandits and bring law and order to Wyoming their dogged persistence culminates in a final calamity involving Dave Jim and The Black the ancestral sire of the Checker Board racehorses.