Max Brand

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Pierre Ryder is not your average Jesuit missionary. He's able to ride the meanest horse, run for miles without tiring, and put a bullet in just about any target. But now he's on a mission of vengeance to find the man who killed his father.

The journey will test his endurance to its utmost--and so will the extraordinary woman he meets along the way. Jacqueline "Jack" Boone has all the curves of a lady but can shoot better than most men.

In the epic tradition of Riders of the Purple Sage, their story is one for the ages. 

The stories in this first collection dedicated to Max Brand's crime and mystery stories embrace a wide range of protagonists; a boxer paid to take a fall, a treasure-hunting western badman, a pickpocket, a stubborn cop, a murderous husband, and a spy in the mean streets leading to World War II.

Masquerade, the 24th in the Lost Classics series, collects ten stories oroginally published between 1935 and 1938.  It is edited with introduction and prefaces to each story by Max Brand's biographer, William F. Nolan, Jr.

When  Captain Slocum's four huge guard dogs were about to run him down, Don Grier didn't flinsh.  And for that he earned the imtimidating captain's respect.  Slocum even agreed to fund Don's quest for the truth about the murder his father hanged for.

Brave as he is, though, Don's still just a tenderfoot going into a rough-and-tumble mining town.

If he wants answers, he'll have to prove himself to the cutthroats and thieves who'd just as soon put a bullet in his back.