Showdown in West Texas. Amanda Stevens

stared at the news anchor in shock. She’d just described him. He was the suspect.

      And it was a damn clever ploy, too. By going public with his description, the bad guys would have every local lawman and highway patrol officer in the area on the alert for a man fitting his description. Cage had just become the target of every hotshot cop in West Texas looking to make a name for himself.

      “Sir?”

      Cage spun, startled. The man who had come up behind him was a doctor, not a cop, thank goodness.

      He gave Cage a curious look. “Are you the man who brought in the heart-attack victim?”