Tough as They Come

Bart Bengo goes up against a corrupt chief of police, who is good at covering his tracks. Are the judge and prosecutor corrupt too or just incompetent. The evidence against Bart appears to be compelling, but it was planted. Bart's defense attorney, a former drunk, is in over his head. Time is running out.

Bart came to the small Texas town to save a woman from her abusive husband, but now he has to save himself. Who would ever guess he is about to get a little help from a woman who was supposed to have been dead. But a little help only goes so far, after Bart is accused of another murder. The rest is up to him.

A short story, approximately 8000 words.
Excerpts included after end of story.