Dig two graves

the long version

When the town's newspaper office is burnt to the ground and the owner murdered, suspicion falls on the young deputy marshal of Progress, Lane Cutler. His alibi - that he was being held prisoner and totured at the time of the killing - persuades veteran lawman Ben McCabe to go in search of the truth. The marshal runs into a wall of silence, propped up by blackmail and revenge, and when there are more killings, McCabe is forced to enlist a friend of Cutler's, to stand by his side during the final violent showdown ... - Publishers description.