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Two exciting Sheriff Clay Holland adventures for the price of one! "Heavy Handed Justice" is the third story in the series and "A Lawman's Justice" is the fourth story in a saga of Clay Holland, Sheriff of Bent Creek, Texas in the 1870s. William S. Hubbartt's Stats on Goodreads: 4.05 avg rating - 21 ratings.In "Heavy Handed Justice," Clay Holland teams up with Texas Ranger Bonner O'Toole to solve the mystery of a pattern of thefts including a stage robbery, theft of teamster supply wagons, livestock rustling, and stealing of a prize show horse. The thefts begin after the town is visited by a traveling medicine man. Other rumors attribute the thefts to a so-called ghost bandit referred to as El Bandido Fantasma. Can Sheriff Clay Holland solve this mystery to identify, track, and capture the perpetrator or perpetrators of these events which threaten the safety of the people and ranches around Bent Creek? In "Lawman's Justice," a new bank is opened in Bent Creek Texas and prominent rancher James Smith has made a sizeable deposit. A stranger comes to town and is involved in a shooting at the local saloon. The shooting of a Bent Creek teamster is connected to the El Paso Salt War. Sheriff Holland arrests the shooter, who makes a daring jail escape aided by an accomplice who blow-up the Bent Creek Sheriff's office. Clay Holland teams up with Texas Ranger Bonner O'Toole to track the escapee to the El Paso area and they become embroiled in the riotous events of the salt war. During the Sheriff's absence, a band of outlaw brothers robs the Bent Creek Bank, shooting saloon operator Betsy Brown, a close friend to the Sheriff, who had entered the bank just as the robbery began. Will Betsy Brown survive? Can Sheriff Holland track and catch the robbers and recover the stolen gold? With gold on the line, can the posse members be trusted to do their job?