Some Secrets Wear Boots: Frank F. Fiore’s Gritty Take on Justice in the West

There’s a reason the cowboy walks alone.

In Jonathan Smyth Cowboy Sleuth: The Case of the Screaming Tunnel, bestselling author Frank F. Fiore strips away the polished nostalgia of the Western and exposes the quiet brutality of justice—how it gets twisted, buried, and bent by people who fear it most.

And at the heart of it all?A man in a coat, a hat, and a mind trained to hear what everyone else is trying not to say.

A Murder, a Legend, and a Town That’d Rather Forget

The tunnel has a story.The town has rehearsed it.But when someone dies inside, again, Smyth knows he’s not hunting folklore.He’s hunting the person hiding behind it.

Fiore uses this case to explore how towns use stories to survive—legends that explain away tragedy, ghosts that distract from guilt, and silence that keeps everything in place.

Until Smyth shows up.And starts pulling the truth out of the walls.

A Cowboy Detective Who Knows Justice Hurts

Smyth isn’t righteous.He’s determined.Determined to find what the townsfolk won’t say. What the local sheriff won’t touch. What the legend conveniently avoids.

Frank F. Fiore crafts him as a man hardened by history and softened only by the weight of truth left untold.

He knows justice isn’t a moment. It’s a war.And the worst enemies wear smiles and shake hands.

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Where Myth Meets Morality

This isn’t just a murder mystery. It’s a reckoning.

Fiore doesn’t just give you crime and clues. He gives you:

• 🕯️ A town crumbling under the weight of its past

• 👢 A detective too tired to bluff and too smart to quit

• 🩸 A killer who counted on no one asking questions

But Smyth does.And the answers?They’re more haunting than the legend ever was.

Conclusion: Some Heroes Don’t Save You—They Expose You

Frank F. Fiore’s Western isn’t about saving a town.It’s about dragging it into the light.And Smyth?He’s the man with a lantern in one hand and a question in the other.

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