Texas Ranger Ira 'Doc' Pearson - Shootout at the Federal Courthouse (Texas Ranger Ira Pearson, #4)

Ira 'Doc' Pearson is brought to an almost-dead body found beside the road. Before the man can reveal who his killer was, he expires, leaving Ira to uncover the mystery. And Ira doesn't even know the identity of the dead man!
Meanwhile, someone is bringing in a lot of toughs to Van Bendt, TX, and the surrounding towns. Someone who has deep enough pockets to keep them paid, under controlled, and even satisfied with imported 'working women'.
Is someone just reopening one of the nearby gold or silver mines, or setting up a corridor for trafficking stolen goods across the border? Or does someone have imperial designs much bigger than that? Can Dr. Ira Pearson, former Texas Ranger, uncover and even thwart the plot?

Sam White is a hospice chaplain and cartoonist living in the Texas panhandle. He has published 27 novels. His most successful books continue to be those which are focused on time travel, though his detective novels (featuring Bat Garrett--aka "The Nice Guy") are selling well. He is married, has two sons, as well as several pets. His comic strip "Tuttle's" is read by thousands every day in newspapers across the Texas panhandle, and on-line at tuttlecom.com His on-line comic book "Burt & the I.L.S." was a big success and dealt with time travel in ways his novels can't (because the comic book didn't have to make sense). He also writes a blog concerning time travel.