The Gold Chip

<p><strong>Spur Award winner Douglas Hirt weaves a fascinating action and adventure mystery set in the Kansas Territory of the old Wild West!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>It all started one blizzardy Kansas night when a half frozen Indian staggers into Somerville and dies right there on the floor of Wilson's Barbershop...but not before telling a crazy story and showing a lump of gold that looks strangely like a golden buffalo patty.</p><p><br></p><p>Immediately the story spreads about a Midas buffalo that...ahem...poops golden chips. The normally rational townsfolk become crazed with gold fever and set off en masse to capture this magical beast but a few folks aren't so sure.</p><p><br></p><p>Libby Barrett ace reporter for the <em>Somerville Independent</em> suspects someone is playing a prank on the town but what to make of the golden buffalo chip and the very dead Indian? It's a puzzle that Libby sets her sights to solve; a quest for truth that very quickly turns deadly.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The promise of untold riches can drive a man to madness...</strong></p>