One For Another - Hennessey Reed Mystery Series, #1

She's bold and blunt. So when young girls start dying, this Old West bordello madam will not rest until the murderer hangs. Melancholy, Idaho Territory. Miss Hennessey Reed, desperate to forget, suppresses the demons of her past with whiskey and addiction. But when a girl is found dead, her injuries horrific and reminiscent of sacrifice, the uneasy peace Hennessey has found in the remote town shatters.
With the discovery of more bodies, Hennessey decides Marshal Raff Cooper needs her help to hunt down the vicious killer - although he does not, necessarily, agree. Regardless, with a Bowie hidden in her skirts and her wolfhound at her heels, Hennessey sets out, fixed on justice. Then her best friend's daughter goes missing... Can she stop a madman before another innocent loses their life?One for Another is the gripping first book in the Hennessey Reed Mystery Series of historical western mysteries.
If you like flawed heroines and authentic frontier settings, you'll love this one-woman stampede.