No Badge, No Backup, No Bull—Frank F. Fiore’s Lone Sleuth Rides by Code, Not Command

In most Westerns, the hero’s authority comes from a badge.In Jonathan Smyth Cowboy Sleuth: The Case of the Screaming Tunnel, Frank F. Fiore creates a man who doesn’t need one.

Jonathan Smyth walks into ghost towns and lawless outposts with nothing but a worn coat, a sharp mind, and a quiet code of honor.

He doesn’t speak unless there’s something worth saying.He doesn’t draw unless there’s a reason.And he doesn’t leave until justice answers for itself.

A Lone Sleuth With a Relentless Compass

Smyth doesn’t work for a marshal’s office or a politician. He works for the truth—and the truth only.

• No orders.

• No backup.

• No rules but his own.

Frank F. Fiore builds this character from the ground up—not as a rebel, but as a man too principled to take shortcuts. He doesn't trust broken systems. He doesn't rely on broken men. He follows clues, not commands.

The Screaming Tunnel: A Place That Answers to No One

The case isn’t just about a murder. It’s about a town that built its safety on a lie.

A girl’s ghost. A scream in the night. A tunnel too quiet to be trusted.

Smyth doesn’t flinch at the ghost stories. He studies them. He peels them open like old maps, tracing fear to the root—because someone always benefits from a legend no one dares question.

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Why Readers Gravitate to Smyth

In a world full of loud heroes and over-the-top spectacle, Smyth is a man of stillness.Still eyes. Still posture. Still rage—for every wrong covered in dust and buried in silence.

He isn’t flashy. He isn’t famous.He just keeps going when others stop.

That’s why Fiore’s readers come back: not just for the mystery, but for the man holding it all together without asking for anything in return.

Conclusion: When You Can’t Trust the Law, Trust the Man Who Never Breaks

Frank F. Fiore didn’t write a cowboy for the trail.He wrote a sleuth for the gray spaces. The lawless corners. The stories too twisted for heroes who need orders to act.

Jonathan Smyth Cowboy Sleuth is the series for readers who believe justice is messy—and the right man doesn’t wait to be told what to do.

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