When outlaw Denny Blake betrayed the Arizona Raiders during a bank robbery in the town of Spindriff, he little realized the storm he would unleash. Sentenced to twenty years in Arizona’s notorious Yuma prison, gang leader Smokin’ Joe McCabe has vowed to kill Blake and burn the town to the ground, renaming it Hellfire.
Escaping after only two years, McCabe amasses a new gang and heads for Spindriff. On the trail he encounters another prodigal who has run foul of the town’s spineless officials. Red Spot Rick Norton has his own reasons for seeking vengeance and refuses to join up with McCabe. A clash between right and wrong is inevitable. But who will emerge victorious? Harsh accusations and hot lead will fly thick and fast before the final showdown.
It's been a while since I read a book by Dale Graham, who also wrote Black Horse Westerns as Ethan Flagg, so I thought it was time to give him another try.
Hell Bound for Spindriff is a fast-moving story that combines a couple of different plots that soon had me wondering how everything would be resolved. I’m going to be a bit vague with the reasons for Norton’s return to Spindriff, but will reveal that one of them is a woman, a young lady he intended to marry but finds she is now engaged to someone else and she has nothing but hate for him.
Dale Graham creates an impending sense of doom over the town and its citizens. These townsfolk won’t be any match for McCabe and his gang. Will Norton help them? Why should he though as nearly everyone wants him out of town. It seems Norton’s only friend is the retired lawman, Cody Saggart and he’s beginning to doubt Norton.
The author includes plenty of action and a couple of twists before the story comes to a satisfying conclusion.
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