The High Graders Author:Louis L'Amour The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, but Mike Shevlin knew it couldn?t be true: the man who?d been like a father to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back to Rafter Crossing to uncover the truth, he finds that the quiet ranching community has become a booming mining town. Newfound wealth has not made Rafter a peac... more »eful place, however, and the smell of fear and greed is thick in the air. As Mike Shevlin tries to unravel the mystery of Patterson?s death, he is led deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that controls not only the fate of Rafter Crossing but the heart of a beautiful but tormented young woman?and Shevlin?s own destiny.« less
Rafter Crossing was a town building for an explosion when Mike Shevlin rode in. The cattlemen swore they'd close down the mines because they were poisoning the range water. The miners were stealing the high grade ore that rightfully belonged to Lain Tennison. Laine hired Mike Shevlin to get her ore back. He had an old debt he want to pay back...with LEAD, not gold!