The Hidden Apache

Phil Roche, the foremost gambler on the Mississippi riverboats, was an exacting man. To cheat him and live, you had to be quicker on the draw. So far, nobody had been. But all that changed when he heard that Susan had been murdered, and her child Lucie, kidnapped. The Apaches seemed to be the prime suspects. Now, the people of Lanchester County would discover that Roche could be just as tough outside the casino. He would find Lucie despite the sheriff, the Bar Q ranch, the Army, and even Carlito's renegade Apaches. If he had killed over the turn of a card, what wouldn't he do for a missing child? But Roche's search uncovers more than he had bargained for - about Lucie, about himself, and the secret of the Hidden Apaches...