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They Can't Hang Me was adapted for the screen as The Witness Vanishes (1939)

The Reluctant Sheriff Author Surname:Offutt Curdle Creek has one particularlyAn ex Army CID officer, Mick Hardin is supposed to be retired or he was until his sister, Linda, was shot in the line of duty, requiring him to step in as interim sheriff while she recovered. Now he's stuck in Rocksalt, the place he was most hoping to escape. Back in uniform, Mick is chafing at the sudden dissolution of his retirement plans, wearied by the petty squabbles of Rocksalt's townsfolk. It's all business as usual, until the murder of a local