Bannerman the Enforcer 45: Death Rides Tall (A Bannerman the Enforcer Western)

“Yancey Bannerman is a homicidal maniac!” said the Texas Ranger. “He’s killed two of my men, slugged a couple, and another man was wounded at the stables. He’s also stolen horses, not to mention taking hostage the daughter of one of your top-ranking senators. Hell, the man has to be stopped at all costs.”
The truth of it was that Governor Dukes’ top Enforcer was a sick man, suffering from headaches caused by an old scalp wound. But that didn’t change the facts.
Dukes turned his lined and weary face to Yancey’s best friend and fellow Enforcer, Johnny Cato.
“Find him, John. I don’t care how you do it—but track him down.”
Cato nodded soberly. “Yes, sir.”
Dukes looked at him steadily for a long moment, then added quietly, “And when you find Yancey, John … I want you to kill him.”

Keith Hetherington
aka Kirk Hamilton, Brett Waring and Hank J. Kirby

Australian writer Keith has worked as television scriptwriter on such Australian TV shows as Homicide, Matlock Police, Division 4, Solo One, The Box, The Spoiler and Chopper Squad.
“I always liked writing little vignettes, trying to describe the action sequences I saw in a film or the Saturday Afternoon Serial at local cinemas,” remembers Keith Hetherington, better known to Piccadilly Publishing readers as Hank J. Kirby, author of the Bronco Madigan series.
Keith went on to pen hundreds of westerns (the figure varies between 600 and 1000) under the names Kirk Hamilton (including the legendary Bannerman the Enforcer series) and Clay Nash as Brett Waring. Keith also worked as a journalist for the Queensland Health Education Council, writing weekly articles for newspapers on health subjects and radio plays dramatizing same.