Download or read book Slocum 292: Slocum and the Bitterroot Belle written by Jake Logan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slocum’s on the trail of a different kind of quarry—a wayward husband. After road agents stole the supply wagon train Slocum was riding shotgun on, he tracks the gang to the booming mining town of Orofino, Idaho. There, he makes the acquaintance of Jane Carson, a bartender whose ability at stirring drinks pales in comparison to her ability to stir the fire in men’s souls. Jane wouldn’t be tending bar if it hadn’t been for the husband who abandoned her. She trailed him to Orofino, and now needs Slocum’s help in finding out whether he’s dead or alive. But when the road agents attempt to kill both of them, Slocum suspects Jane knows more than she’s telling about this gang…