A New York Times Bestselling Author A USA Today Bestselling AuthorThree weeks before Christmas, the little town of Chug Water in Wyoming Territory is stunned by the brutal slaughter of the mayor''s family. Duff MacCallister captures cold-blooded killers Jesse and T. Bob Cave. But the day before the hanging, they escape their fate. Smoke, Sally and Matt Jensen arrive to spend Christmas with Duff. But a deadly diphtheria outbreak leaves the town beholden to the mercy of the Cave brothers. It''s a desperate bind to be stuck in . . .