Blue-eyed Devil / Robert B. Parker / 276 pages / November Challenge Deceased Author

Virgil Cole, Everett Hitch, and Allie French have returned to Appaloosa, a town Cole and Hitch had cleaned up.  Now Appaloosa has a chief of police, Amos Callico, and twelve policemen.  On the third day back in town, Callico summons Cole and Hitch and informs them that he is in charge but he could use additional guns.  Cole and Hitch refuse to work for him.  They are hired on to protect the Boston House Saloon and are quickly protecting the working ladies and fellow saloon owners.  Pony, a Chickasaw acquaintance from Brimstone, shows up with his full-blooded brother who is guilty of attacking a train and killing several people.  Cole and Hitch facilitate his escape and Pony's elopement with Laurel.  Once again, they are instrumental in settling a town but are once again out of a job when the dust settles.  Good western, bad language...