The Black Widow

Whitey was on him like a lean panther, swinging the pistol like a club at the back of the boy's head, catching him a solid blow. The sentry crumpled to his hands and knees, mewing in pain, barely conscious. As Jed kicked the outer door shut, shooting the main bolt across, he heard the sickening crack, like a ripe apple being trodden underfoot, as Whitey swung his gun a second time, smashing the top of the guard's skull to a bloody pulp. Ignoring the body, that lay still twitching at his feet, the albino bent and wiped blood and matted hair from the foresight of his Colt on the fancy waistcoat, adding a macabre layer to the decorations. "Leaves us three," he said ... John J. McLaglen is the pseudonym for the writing team of Laurence James and John Harvey. John J. McLaglen is the pseudonym for the writing team of Laurence James and John Harvey used to write the Herne the Hunter series. Jedediah Herne, who was once upon a time known as Herne the Hunter- a bounty hunter and hired killer, comes out of retirement to avenge his wife's death at the hands of seven men. A blood-soaked and violent Western series.